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The Daily Punch

Aug. 10, 2021

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

Politics, Government, News

4.3707 Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Finally, the Senate is voting on infrastructure. Plus, what's next with the budget and the debt ceiling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.2

Good morning.

0:32.2

I'm Anna Palmer.

0:33.1

And I'm Jake Sherman.

0:34.0

Welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punchable News.

0:36.9

It's Tuesday,

0:38.1

August 10th, 2021. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

0:43.8

Number one, we've got the latest on infrastructure. Hint, it's finally going to pass today.

0:49.1

Number two, the budget drama starts. And number three, what's going to happen with the debt ceiling?

0:56.1

All right, Jake, let's talk about infrastructure. We've been in an infrastructure week, an infrastructure

1:00.8

year. But today, this morning, finally, the bill is going to come to a vote. Yes, it is. So at 11 o'clock

1:10.4

this morning, for the first time in a long time,

1:14.8

the Senate will vote on an infrastructure bill on a one trillion dollar roughly infrastructure

1:20.2

bill. And this is a big massive victory for Senate Majority Leader, Senate Majority Leader

1:27.4

Chuck Schumer, even

1:28.3

minority leader Mitch McConnell seems like he's going to vote for it. So let's take a step back

1:33.2

here. This bill is a long way from becoming law. It has to get to the House of Representatives.

1:38.7

We've been clear that we think that is a tougher task that a lot of people believe.

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