Fly Out Day: Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern on how he'd change the House

The Daily Punch

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🗓️ 26 March 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Massachusetts Rep. Jim McGovern joined Anna and Jake in the Punchbowl News Townhouse to break down DHS funding, efforts to curb President Trump’s Iran war powers, House leadership dynamics and more. PLUS The New York Times' Catie Edmondson and Semafor's Nick Wu stop by to join in on the fun with That’s Not Gonna Fly! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Fly Out Day, our brand new show here at Punchful News.
0:03.8	If you love The Daily Punch, join us every Thursday for even more fresh insight from lawmakers and reporters as Washington heads out of town.
0:11.5	Subscribe to Fly Out Day wherever you get your podcast.
0:15.5	But we need to elect people to office who have a spine.
0:18.4	Well, you've been here 30 years, so you must, I don't know how you've done it.
0:20.9	Yeah. Yeah, I mean, medication.
0:24.8	At the end of the week, Washington empties out.
0:27.7	Fast.
0:28.8	Lawmakers, staffers, they're all heading home.
0:34.4	But not before they stop here.
0:46.3	Wow. but not before they stop here. Hello and welcome back to the Punchable News Townhouse.
0:48.4	I'm Anna Palmer.
0:49.5	And I'm Jake Sherwin.
0:50.5	We've got another episode of Fly Out Day.
0:53.1	The House and Senate are both in session this week and facing a final sprint towards
0:57.5	the spring retest, Jake.
0:59.1	It's not much of a sprint because the government or DHS has been shut down for 40 days
1:04.7	and there's no deal.
1:06.2	There's no at this point, as we're taping before 10 a.m.
1:09.8	On Thursday, there's no sign of a deal. We laid out
1:13.0	the newsletter this morning on the podcast and every other channel on which we exist, ways they can get
1:17.5	to a deal, but they ain't getting there right now. Airports are a mess. I don't know. We'll have to
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