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Good Thursday morning, I'm Jake Sherman, and welcome to the Daily Punch, brought to you by Punch Bowl News.

It is Thursday, August 18th, 2022.

Let's get into the mix.

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

Elise DeFonick is running for leadership. Number two is Alan Grayson coming back to Congress and number three, Democrats eye new disclosure requirements by Supreme Court justices. Let's get into

the mix. The number one story of the day, Elise Stefanik, who's been a member of House Republican

leadership for a couple of years now since Liz Cheney was ousted, speaking of Liz Cheney,

she is going to run for leadership.

Now, there had been some thought that she might go to the Education and Labor Committee,

education and the workforce under the

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