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The Daily Punch

Dems are digging in for a funding fight

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

News, Politics, Government

4.3707 Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Congress is barreling toward another funding showdown — and the odds of a shutdown are rising. Anna and Jake break down Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s strategy, a bipartisan push to repeal Syria sanctions and the latest signs that Maine Gov. Janet Mills may take on Sen. Susan Collins. 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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slash UK slash AI for people. Anna, if you are a odds maker or a gambler, I'm sure you can't,

0:35.5

you can bet on anything these days. Which I'm neither. I'm neither an odds maker or a gambler.

0:39.8

But if you were one of those people for politics, you have to bet that a shutdown is looking more likely.

0:46.8

I just don't see how they get out of this. Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer. And I'm Jake Sherman.

1:01.8

And welcome to The Daily Punch. Brought to you by Punchable News. It's Wednesday, September 10th, 2025.

1:07.1

Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, Senate Majority Leader John Thune tease up a government funding battle signaling Republicans won't go for extending Obamaker subsidies. Number two, lawmakers pushed to repeal Syria sanctions. And number three, the Senate race in Maine is getting more interesting. All right, Jake, let's get to it.

1:27.8

We are leading Punchable News a.m.

1:29.7

With one, the news that we have the one and only Senate Majority Leader John Thune,

1:35.9

the Republican from South Dakota, joining us tomorrow on Flyout Day,

1:40.8

which could not be better timing given the fact fact that food is in the thick of it when

1:45.4

it comes to government funding and all things Washington right now.

1:49.2

Yeah, this is about the time every week or yesterday that you asked me whether I have any

1:54.6

ideas for questions and whether I've started sketching them out.

1:57.5

The answer is yes.

1:58.8

Good, good.

1:59.9

So I will share that document with you and make it an uneditable. So you can't, you cannot. You don't need any edits, Jake. You're just perfect the way that it is, right? I'll let you edit on the fly, I guess. So, yeah, I'm excited.

2:18.2

We had Mike Johnson.

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