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The Playbook Podcast

Congress returns, Iowa Primary, and the Iran stalemate

The Playbook Podcast

POLITICO

News, Daily News, Politics, Government

3.9699 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Congress returns from recess with several unresolved items on the agenda. Playbook’s Jack Blanchard and Dasha Burns walk through the stalled immigration spending bill, an upcoming war powers vote, and the mood among some Republican senators following the Texas primary. Then, a Democratic Senate primary in Iowa tomorrow and what it signals about Chuck Schumer’s role as a Democratic leader. Plus: the latest on Iran negotiations, which remain at a standstill.

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0:34.6

Today on the Playbook podcast, Congress is back, and it's a miserable week ahead for John Thune and Mike Johnson.

0:41.9

We've got another big day of primaries looming tomorrow.

0:44.8

We'll tell you why Chuck Schumer is watching one in particular with bated breath.

0:49.1

And what's going on with Iran?

0:50.6

Is anything ever going to change?

0:52.6

We'll try and figure that out for you too. Hello, I'm Jack Blanchard.

0:56.1

And I'm Dasha Burns. It is Monday, June 1st. Whoa, it's June, Jack.

1:03.4

We are nearly halfway through 2026, Dasha. That is some crazy thing going on. Longest year on record.

1:10.7

Longest year record. And yet one that's gone by in the blink of an eye, once again, incredible. It's going to be a long week, I think it's fair to say, for the Republican leadership on the Hill. The Senate is back today. House is back later this week. They've obviously been away on recess. There is a ton of stuff for these guys to deal with and looks really

1:27.9

difficult. A load of things that essentially got parked just before they all went away, still waiting

1:32.7

for them now they come back. The biggest challenge, Jasja, this big immigration enforcement

1:36.8

spending packages that were supposed to breeze through last month, didn't breeze through because

1:41.5

of the sudden appearance of the 11th hour of Donald Trump's

1:44.1

$1.8 billion, what he calls an anti-weaponization fund, what Democrats call a slush fund.

1:50.4

There is a huge row going on in Congress over that, and there's still all the row on going

1:55.0

about the ballroom as well. And somehow, now that they're all back, the leadership have to

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