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They spent the whole year telling America that they have a massive mandate to do whatever the hell they want.

And now they want to act like Democrats are somehow responsible.

At the end of the week, Washington empties out. Fast. Lawmakers, staffers. They're all heading home.

But not before they stop here.

Hey everybody.

Hey everybody.

Welcome to the Punchable News at Townhouse for another episode of Fly Out Day, Jake.

And this week, Washington is heading toward a government shutdown. And we've got House Democratic leader, Hakeem Jeffries, in the townhouse. That's pretty timely, I would say. We're, there's, I don't even know where to start. We're going to ask him so many questions about the state of play with government funding and everything that's going on. And Donald Trump says now, or the OMB, his administration says they're going to do mass layoffs if there's a government shutdown. And that is massive news. He's trying to put pressure on Democrats to vote for the clean CR, which they're not going to do. We're also going to talk politics, what's happening in the New York mayor's race, and have a great roundtable. But first, a quick word from our presenting sponsor, META.

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, welcome to the Punchable News Tannos

and to fly out day.

Okay, let's do this.

Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt him.

It's very eager to get into this.

Great to be here.

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