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Sherman. And welcome to The Daily Punch. Brought to you by Punch Bowl News. It's Wednesday,

August 11th, 2021.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, the Senate passes its $3.5 trillion budget resolution.

What's going to happen next?

Number two, Republican outside groups are already targeting House Democrats on these

big ticket items. And number three, the inside game. Will Mods take a stand in the House?

All right, Jake, this is a early morning vote. It's typical for us to be up here, but the Senate

has been actually voting and finally passing that $3.5 trillion

budget resolution, which really kicks off this next phase of legislating.

That's right.

So it is, as we record this, about 5.15 in the morning.

And about 4 o'clock or just before 4 o'clock in the morning, the Senate cleared the $3.5 trillion

budget. You have to, if you, if you need a refresher, a budget means little besides it sets the

stage for a fast-track process to get legislation through Congress at a 50-vote threshold in the,

or a majority threshold, rather, in the Senate.

So this now goes to the House of Representatives, where the House Democrats will have to

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