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Good morning. I'm Jake Sherman, and welcome to the Daily Punch, brought to you by Punchball News.

It is Friday, September 13th, 2024. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, Congress is stuck in

neutral again. Number two, the Republicans running on apportion rights and number three,

Tuberville's new military hold. Let's get into it. We are, how many days are we? We are, I guess,

17 days until the government shuts down. You know, Brez always says it's, you count it until October 1st, so I guess, 17 days until the government shuts down.

You know, Brez always says it's, you count it until October 1st, so I guess we're 18 days.

But let's put it this way.

We're 17 days until shutdown day.

And yesterday, just an update, this is not in the newsletter specifically, but yesterday,

Speaker Mike Johnson said he's sticking with.

He's still committed to his,

um, save act bill,

uh,

with a six month CR,

which,

um,

he had to pull from,

...