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April 9th, 2021.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, we've got our latest edition of what's at stake for each of the congressional leaders.

Number two, guns, immigration, and taxes.

The GOP has got its trilogy to run against.

And number three, the White House is talking a good game about bipartisanship, but are they really doing any outreach?

All right, Jake, let's go to the number one story of the day.

We are outlining what is at stake for each of the congressional leaders.

The mix is interesting.

But let's start out with Chuck Schumer because to me, he seems like the one to watch in

the coming weeks.

Yeah, that's right.

I mean, Chuck Schumer's, he had a good run early on, right?

I mean, he got the, he first of all, he got like Congress moving.

That's a good thing. won the majority you know got

through impeachment uh past the american rescue plan the 1.9 trillion dollar um uh rescue plan that he got

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