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The Daily Punch

April 12, 2021

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

Politics, Government, News

4.3707 Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Good Monday morning! Here are your top three Washington stories. No. 1: Congress is coming back. We've got the things to watch as President Joe Biden starts his push for infrastructure in earnest. No. 2: The Biden Administration has invited a number of Republicans to the White House — what does that mean? No. 3: Will Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell respond to former President Donald Trump's attacks over the weekend?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.0

Good morning.

0:32.0

I'm Anna Palmer.

0:32.8

And I'm Jake Sherman.

0:33.7

And welcome to The Daily Punch.

0:35.4

Brought to you by Punch Bowl News.

0:39.7

It's Monday, April 12th,

0:45.5

2021. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one,

0:50.7

Congress is coming back into session. We've got the three dynamics to watch as President Joe Biden's push for a massive infrastructure package starts in earnest. Number two, the Biden administration

0:56.6

has invited a number of Republicans to the White House. Does that mean it's a serious push for bipartisanship?

1:02.9

And number three, who is ready for some no observations from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell?

1:09.3

How will he react to the skating comments by President Trump over the weekend?

1:13.8

All right, Jake, let's get into it.

1:15.8

We're coming off of a two-week recess.

1:18.5

Congress is coming back.

1:20.1

The Senate is back later today, the House tomorrow.

1:24.0

There's kind of three things we're watching going into this week in terms of the future of Joe Biden's infrastructure package.

1:32.2

Yeah, it's big. It's a huge couple days, huge couple weeks here. And for a bunch of reasons. Number one, if you're looking to understand when this will get, when infrastructure will happen or if it will

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