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The Daily Punch

Congress steps on the gas pedal

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

Government, News, Politics

4.3708 Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Congress is back — and January is off to a chaotic start. Anna and Jake break down a packed week of votes on war powers, health care, veto overrides and more. Plus, what lawmakers learned (and didn’t) from the first Venezuela briefing. 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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0:00.0

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0:02.5

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0:08.2

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0:15.1

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0:18.4

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0:22.0

as we stand alongside over 5, January 6th, 2026. Let's get in the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, wowzer.

0:56.2

We've got a busy week on Capitol Hill.

0:57.7

We are going to break it all down.

1:02.7

Number two, what lawmakers learned and didn't with the first administration, Venezuela briefing.

1:08.4

And number three, funding, funding, funding, where things stand ahead of the January 30th deadline.

1:10.5

All right, Jake, happy Tuesday.

1:13.3

I am very glad to be back. I thank you so much for holding down the fort. But let's get into it because Wowser, after a two-week

1:20.0

break, Congress and Washington are in action here. I mean, there is so much happening on so many

1:27.0

different angles. We break it down. But it really felt like, I mean, there is so much happening on so many different angles. We break it down,

1:29.5

but it really felt like, I mean, it was like a starting block here for what the month of

1:33.6

January is going to look like. Yeah, and also we should mention, and we don't have a full item

1:37.4

on this in the AM edition, but we did in the PM edition. Today's the fifth anniversary

1:40.9

of January 6th, which is a momentous, I would say, anniversary,

1:47.1

especially for us who were there and who were the Capitol Hillel Community.

1:51.4

Ali Mutnick reported in the PM edition yesterday, there is going to be an extra heavy

1:57.0

police force or police presence, rather, at and around the Capitol today for that anniversary.

2:04.0

So that is something we're going to keep an eye on.

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