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by punch by punch bowl news it's tuesday april 12th 22 let's get into the mix here are your

Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, the Biden administration tries to deal with the big eye, inflation. Number two,

a Hawaii congressman with an interesting side hustle. And number three, the tally. We've got lots

of fundraising numbers coming in. Jake, let's get to it. The number one story this morning is the Biden administration

looking at how they are trying to deal with a new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

that is going to release its March report on the Consumer Price Index, giving us the latest inflation numbers.

You know, spoiler alert here, they aren't going to be good for the Biden administration.

No, so the Consumer Price Index, as you noted, comes out today giving us a new look at inflation.

Jen Saki said yesterday from the White House podium, she expects them to be

extremely elevated, extraordinarily elevated, due to what she called Putin's price hike.

So they believe it's going to be driven by gas and oil prices going through the roof.

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