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welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punch Bowl News. It's Wednesday, August 25th,

2021. Let's get into the mix. Here are your

Washington headlines for the day. The five dynamics to watch this fall now that the budget has

passed. Number two, how Nancy Pelosi can still change the date of the infrastructure vote.

And number three, how long will the January 6th probe last? Okay, let's get into the mix.

Number one, yesterday afternoon,

the House on a strict party line vote passed a $3.5 trillion budget embedded in a procedural rule vote.

We don't need to go over what that is, but just know that it unlocks the 51 vote threshold

for reconciliation in the Senate. Joe Biden's agenda can now pass

with just 51 votes in the Senate. A big moment for Pelosi. This was in doubt, as you know,

because you're listening to this and listen to us all the time. This was in doubt. I don't care

what anybody says. Yes, Nancy Pelosi is very good at what she does.

No one is doubting that.

Yes, she's very skilled and we shouldn't doubt her and we shouldn't we shouldn't

doubt that she's able to turn votes.

But I will say this was as tenuous of a vote as we've seen in a long time.

So now let's go over. We want to spin this forward a little bit. What have we learned from this

two-day legislative, let's call it Olympics? Number one, we've been beating this drum for a very

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