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Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer. And I'm Jake Sherman. And welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punchable News. It's Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025. Let's get into the mix here. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, can the congressional Republicans and the Trump administration get on the same page when it comes to government funding? Number two, the Senate

map is getting pricier for Republicans. And number three, inside the dual discharge effort in the

House. Jake, we have a ton of stuff happening. It is only the second day back. for those of us who are off on Labor Day,

not us, because we were doing the newsletter and the podcast. But let's talk about the top story

here. Yesterday, we talked a lot about Democrats and the need for them to get on the same page

when it came to government funding and the trials and tribulations of kind of what they were going to do

strategy-wise. But man, oh, man, Republicans seem like they are also in a bit of disarray.

Yeah, it's a bit of disarray. It's a light. It's disarray. It's disarray. Yeah. It's disarray-ish.

So here's the story. Senate Republicans, let's just talk about exactly where they are. They want bipartisan funding bills. And they're trying to get these bills that call for tens of billions of more dollars in spending than House Republicans or the White House want. So that's where Senate Republicans are. They recognize their feet are firmly planted in reality in knowing that

in thinking that A, they don't want a year-long CR, and B, that they need Democrats

to pass anything.

So that's where Senate Republicans are.

House Republicans seem to be gravitating toward a short-term CR, a shorter term CR.

And, you know, they haven't made their mind up, but they, that's where Tom Cole is.

And Tom Cole's the appropriations chair.

He's meeting with Johnson today. We'll see if that's where he Cole is. And Tom Cole's the appropriations chair. He's meeting with Johnson today.

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