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Big grocery chains are lying to you.

They blame credit cards for their price increases, but credit card interchange rates haven't

increased in a decade.

What has gone up?

Big grocery store prices.

The FTC says mega retailers used the pandemic to raise prices and pad their pockets.

The Durban Marshall Credit Card mandates help grocery stores profit more at your expense.

Tell Congress, oppose the Durban Marshall Credit Card bill. Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer.

And I'm Jake Sherman.

And welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punch Bull News. It's Monday, May 19th, 2025.

Let's get into the mix here for your Washington headlines of the day. Number one,

all eyes are on House Republicans' reconciliation efforts. Number two, will Lauren Underwood

get into the Illinois Senate race? And number three, bold packs comeback plan. All right, Jake,

let's get into it. There was a lot of action here in Washington over the weekend as Speaker Mike Johnson was

trying to do some last minute negotiations.

The House Budget Committee approved the Republicans' reconciliation bill late Sunday night

with a quartet of conservatives voting present rather than derailing the legislation for

the second time. But man, Speaker Mike Johnson and Top House Republicans still have serious

problems and a bruising negotiation ahead of them over the next few days in order to get this

across the finish line. Yeah, where do we even start here? I mean, it's so over the next few days in order to get this across the finish line. Yeah, where do we even

start here? I mean, it's so over the weekend. First of all, the budget committee failed on

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