House Republicans gear up for Mayorkas impeachment

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🗓️ 3 January 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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House Republicans are formally moving ahead with impeachment proceedings against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas with tight margins in the lower chamber. Plus, Jake is heading to Eagle Pass to speak with Speaker Mike Johnson at the Louisiana Republican's first public event of 2024; more than 60 House Republicans are expected to attend. And finally, Center Forward is out with an ad attacking the Fed's Basel III endgame proposal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer.
0:12.2	And I'm Jake Sherman.
0:13.3	And welcome to The Daily Punch.
0:14.9	Brought to you by Punch Bowl News.
0:16.2	It's Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024.
0:19.4	Let's get into the mix.
0:20.6	Here are your Washington headlines of the day.
0:23.1	Number one, we've got some news. House Republicans will move to impeach Homeland Security Secretary
0:28.6	Alejandro Mayorkas. Number two, Speaker Mike Johnson and Jake, head to the border. And number
0:34.4	three, the vault, a new ad on Basil 3 regs. All right, Jake, let's get into it.
0:39.7	We have some news this morning by our very own Mika Solner and John Bresdenahan leading
0:45.7	Punchpole News AM with the fact that House Republicans will move to impeach Homeland Security
0:52.0	Secretary Alejanda Mayorkas going to be a precarious process
0:57.2	given the very, very tight margins in the House, but also a big, big headache for Democrats
1:03.7	who are struggling on the border. Yeah, first of all, Anna, this is our first podcast together in what seems to be a little bit,
1:13.1	and our first podcast together of 2024, and it is Punch Bowl News' third birthday today.
1:20.2	So that is all of those things are happening at once, which is very exciting.
1:24.7	So I thought I'd know all of... Happy birthday to us.
1:28.1	Happy birthday to us.
1:29.5	I don't look a day over three.
1:31.6	Right?
1:32.8	Exactly.
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