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The Daily Punch

Congress' big week ahead

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

Politics, Government, News

4.3707 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Anna and Jake discuss the busy week ahead for Congress with a government funding deadline fast approaching and a State of the Union address. Plus, the latest on the race for Senate GOP leader and The Canvass. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer. And I'm Jake Sherman. And welcome to The Daily Punch.

0:50.5

Brought to you by Punchville News. It's Monday, March 4th, 2024. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, what's on deck for Congress this week?

0:54.6

Number two, Senate conservatives get in on the leadership race. And number three, we've got the

0:59.4

latest from the canvas. All right, Jake, let's get into it. It has been a week that we have

1:06.8

been looking forward to, reporting on, covering all the twists and turns,

1:11.3

but government funding is going to be top of mind as well as the president's state of the

1:16.8

union. Lots to discuss as well as even Super Tuesday. Let's not forget that one.

1:22.1

Looking forward probably is not the term I'd use, but I guess that guess, I guess that is true. Here's the, the,

1:29.8

this is a big week. It's another shutdown week, although I don't anticipate the government

1:35.4

will shut down. The, last night, we'll start with, with funding quickly, last night, the,

1:43.7

or yesterday, I guess it was,

1:45.9

we got the spending bills that are up this week. There are six spending bills up this week,

1:51.3

$435 billion, $1,050 pages. And the House is going to vote on this on Wednesday. This is

1:59.3

going to be voted on in one package, one gigantic package, a minibus, so to speak.

2:06.6

And this will pass.

2:09.9

All Democrats are going to vote for it.

2:11.4

It's going to come to the floor under suspension of the rules, which is a mechanism that

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