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And welcome to The Daily Punch. Proud to you by Punch Bowl News. It's Wednesday, February 2nd,

2022. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, we've got the latest on what Senator Ben Ray Lujan's health means for the Senate.

Number two, where things stand on Russian sanctions. And number three, we've got some news.

The canvas is expanding. All right, Jake, let's get into it. The biggest story in Washington

right now is that business in the Senate has practically, not even just practically, is going to be

ground to a halt in the wake of Senator Ben Ray Lujan's announcement, his office's announcement, that he suffered a stroke.

Yeah.

First of all, you and I and Bres, we all know Ben Ray Lujan and have covered him for a long time.

So hope he recovers and we're thinking about him and his family.

But there are impacts here that we need to examine both for, you know, the Democratic leadership and just Washington as a generally.

Let's just say this.

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