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punch ball news it is thursday april 21st 22 let's get into the mix here are your Washington headlines

for the day. Number one,

Nancy Pelosi's huge fundraiser. Number two, Scalise versus the business roundtable. And number three,

Mark Wayne Mullen says he has the lead in Oklahoma. Let's get into the mix. We have some interesting information this morning about Nancy Pelosi. She raised more than $4.4 million at the Weston St. Francis in San Francisco Tuesday night.

The fundraiser was conducted through the Nancy Pelosi Victory Fund, which is a joint fundraising

committee between Pelosi's congressional account, Pelosi's Pack to the Future, and the D-Triple-C.

A Pelosi aide told us it was the single largest individual donor fundraiser in D-Triple C history.

Now, with all the speculation that Nancy Pelosi could be in her last year as Speaker of the House

and as a member of Congress, it's clear that she's not letting up on the gas pedal. I mean, she has

raised now $1.1 billion since joining leadership 20 years ago, as we first reported earlier

this month. And she raised a record $45.7 million for Democrats in the first quarter. I mean,

it's just unbelievable money for Nancy Pelosi. And she continues to be the be the, the, the cash cow for the D.

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