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The Daily Punch

Congress crawls toward August

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

Politics, News, Government

4.6666 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Anna and Jake break down the latest developments in Washington as Congress heads toward its August recess. Will President Trump's push to keep the Senate in session to confirm his nominees succeed? They also explore the growing race to replace Rep. Mark Green as the next Republican chair of the Homeland Security Committee, and share all the latest updates on Texas redistricting. 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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0:00.0

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0:44.4

And I'm Jake Sherman.

0:45.5

And welcome to The Daily Punch.

0:46.9

Brought to you by Punchable News.

0:48.1

It's Monday, July 21st, 2025.

0:51.0

Let's get into the mix.

0:52.0

Here are your headlines of the day.

0:54.3

Number one, a look at what's on tap this week.

0:56.4

Number two, the race to be the next GOP Homeland Security Committee Chair.

1:00.4

And number three, the latest in Texas redistricting.

1:04.2

Happy Monday, Jake.

1:05.5

We have a lot happening here in Washington as Congress looks to close out the July session. And we will we talk a

1:13.3

lot about whether or not we are going to have this August break. The Senate keeps on threatening

1:19.0

to Senate. But let's get into it. What are we watching this week? Yeah, Donald Trump said on

1:24.4

Saturday that he wanted John Thune, the Senate Majority Leader, to cancel August recess

1:30.7

and long weekends, he says, in order to get my incredible nominees confirmed, this is something

1:35.4

that John Thune staff seems to be quite sensitive about because they have confirmed nominees

1:40.7

at a quicker pace, more nominees than pretty much anyone before so they they

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