Committee term limits? Not for House Dems

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🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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House GOP leaders have pulled the SCORE Act from this week’s floor schedule, according to multiple sources. Anna and Jake discuss what’s next for the proposed legislation that would regulate how college athletes can earn money. Plus, Democratic voters nationwide are demanding new party leadership, but it’s unlikely the House Democratic Caucus will establish term limits for its committee leaders in the next Congress. Watch this episode on YouTube here! Punchbowl News is on YouTube⁠. ⁠⁠⁠Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to our channel today to see all the new ways⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠we’re investing in video.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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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0:31.2	Thank you. Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer.
0:42.9	And I'm Jake Sherman.
0:44.0	And welcome to The Daily Punch.
0:45.2	Broad you by Punchable News.
0:46.3	It's Tuesday, May 19th, 2026.
0:48.8	Let's get in the mix.
0:49.6	Here are your Washington headlines of the day.
0:52.3	Number one, the score act is scorched. What's next? Number two,
0:56.8	Dems plan to keep term limits sex Congress. And number three, Senate Republicans' billion dollar
1:02.7	ballroom problem. Say that three times fast. All right, Jake, let's get to it. We are leading off.
1:08.1	Punchable News AM with the news that the SCORE Act has been scorched.
1:13.6	Big news here. This is the legislation, of course, that people have been supporting when it comes
1:19.1	to regulating how college athletes can earn money. But the Congressional Black Caucus roaring back
1:25.4	with some power here. Yes, the SCORE Act was supposed to be on the floor this week,
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