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Does someone run against Jeffries if you don't win the majority?

I don't know. There's no plan B here, right?

Yeah.

At the end of the week, Washington empties out.

Fast.

Lawmakers, staffers.

They're all heading home.

But not before they stop here.

Yeah. before they stop here. Hello and welcome back to the Punch Bull News Townhouse.

I'm Anna Palmer.

And I'm Jake Sherman, and this is Flyout Day.

Woo!

We have got a great show today and a very timely guest.

Pete Aguilar, who is the number three House Democrat from California.

Part of the new generation, not as I don't know anymore, but the new generation of House

Democratic leaders, also critical for what's going on this week, sits in the Appropriations

Committee, which is important because government funding is in the mix this week, sits in the Appropriations Committee, which is important

because government funding is in the mix this week, and it's a hot time for spending money.

That is true. Afterwards, we've got an all-star panel, our very own Heather Kagle, as well as

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