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The Daily Punch

House GOP's health care week goes sideways

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

Politics, Government, News

4.3707 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Happy 40th to Jake Sherman — and what a week to celebrate. Anna and Jake break down the House GOP’s latest healthcare meltdown and whether Congress is barreling toward a Jan. 30 shutdown. Plus: New Democratic scrutiny over whether Attorney General Pam Bondi’s brother got special DOJ treatment. Watch this episode on YouTube here! Punchbowl News is on YouTube Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠ to our channel today to see all the new ways ⁠we’re investing in video.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress?⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠ to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter at punchbowl.news.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Music 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 Tuesday, December 16th, 2025. Jake Sherman's birthday. Happy 40th, Jake. All right, we're going to get into it. Here are your

0:57.8

Washington headlines of the day. Number one, we've got ups. We've got downs in health care. Number two,

1:03.3

will there be a January 30th shutdown and number three, some news. Dems are questioning whether

1:08.2

Pam Bondi's brother is getting special treatment.

1:11.5

All right, Jake, let's get into it.

1:13.4

Welcome to the 40 Club.

1:14.9

I've been here for a few years now.

1:17.6

The water is warm.

1:19.8

We appreciate you and are excited for you in this big occasion.

1:24.4

Yeah, thanks.

1:25.9

I don't have much, I don't have many thoughts here besides the fact that

1:30.3

I'm 40 and I don't know. I guess that's, I mean, it's better than the alternative is what they

1:37.7

say, which is not turning 40, but thank you very much. And it is an incredibly, incredibly busy week. This was striking to

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