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It is Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines at the day.

Number one, how Democrats are cleaning up their house. Number two, a big day for Trump's nominees. And number

three, inside the vault. Treasury nominee, Scott Besant, is starting to make his Senate rounds.

Let's get into it. Top of Punch Bowl news this morning details the effort by House Democrats

to Yuthin. Is that a word to Youngen, to make younger,

their top ranks of the party. Just two years ago, Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, and Jim Clyburn

stepped away from the leadership. Democrats forced Joe Biden out of the race over the summer, and now the House

Democratic caucus is moving to purge some of its most veteran lawmakers from key committee positions,

another step in a year's long, slow motion remake of an aging party on Capitol Hill.

Brez says, and I wrote this item with Brez, brez made this point and i agree with him but i'm just

uh singling him out because he's the smarter one of us too uh the most this is perhaps the most

surprising result of a disappointing election cycle for house democrats they want to um they are now

looking at who to rely on to counter Trump's much anticipated

and for them dreaded return.

Jamie Raskins challenging the 77-year-old Nadler, Raskin 61.

They want Democrats want a more combative and able figure to fight toe to toe with the panel's

chair, Jim Jordan.

Rao Garhaevuk dropped out of the race on yesterday morning and paving the way for Jared

...