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Good morning, I'm Anna Palmer, and welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punch Bowl News.

It's Monday, August 1st, 2022.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one,

we've got the latest on reconciliation. Number two, what's going to happen with a bill designed to help millions of veterans exposed to toxic substances during their military service

that hit a bump last week? And number three, who we're watching this week. All right, let's get into it. Happy Monday.

We are leading Punch Bowl News AM. With a look at where things stand here in Washington at the

beginning of August, the Senate is in session today. The House is in recess, and President

Joe Biden is in quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19 once again.

But let's talk about reconciliation timing for a minute because that is what we are all watching,

wanting to know what exactly is going to happen this week, next week, potentially even into

...