Booker backs Schatz for No. 2 leadership slot

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🗓️ 25 April 2025

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Jake discusses Sen. Cory Booker's endorsement of Sen. Brian Schatz in his yet-to-be-announced bid to become the next Senate Democratic whip. Plus, a look at the latest Punch Power Matrix. From the president to the mayor, who's up and who's down in Washington this week? Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter at punchbowl.news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good morning. I'm Jake Sherman and welcome to the Daily Punch, brought to you by Punch Bowl News.
0:14.9	It is Friday, April 25th, 2025. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one,
0:22.1	Corey Booker backs, Brian Schatz. Number two, some new details on the House Republican tax plan.
0:27.4	And number three, the punch power matrix. Let's get into the mix. Let's talk about it. Brian Schatz,
0:33.4	big scoop. Brian Schatz is picking up a key endorsement. It is yet to be announced bid to become the next Senate Democratic whip.
0:40.2	That is Corey Booker, who was floated as a potential contender for the job, told Andrew
0:44.9	Desiderio that Schatz has his full unqualified support for the number two Senate Democratic
0:49.6	leadership votes.
0:51.1	Now, Schatz has not jumped into the contest yet, but is seen as the frontrunner and has
0:55.7	been making calls to Democratic senators. This is after Dick Durbin announced he would not be seeking
1:00.6	reelection. And Booker said, I know Schatz has been talking and listening to our colleagues
1:05.9	for the last couple of days. I think those calls are going well. Brian regularly does excellent
1:10.7	work in service of
1:11.5	our caucus. And from what I'm hearing, he already has earned a lot of support for this position.
1:16.6	The Senate Democratic leadership gig, the number two spot is an important spot. You are not only
1:23.7	the deputy to Chuck Schumer, but also you become the heir apparent to Chuck Schumer.
1:28.5	So this is a, and we explained this in Thursday's edition, Andrew did, in an item he did for
1:33.6	the top of Thursday's edition. So this is going to be a race that is definitely going to be contested.
1:38.9	It's not going to be shots running alone. There's going to be more people in the race.
1:42.7	But these kinds of announcements, these kind of endorsements are going to be more people in the race. But these kinds of announcements,
1:45.2	these kind of endorsements are going to come out steadily over the next two years. And it seems
1:49.3	like a long race, but it is. But remember, the three Johns, Thune, Cornyn and Barrasso, were jockeying
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