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The Daily Punch

How Johnson will try to put down the rebellion

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

Politics, Government, News

4.3707 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Jake discusses how Speaker Johnson plans to quell the rebellion on his hands. Plus, the ultimate loyalty test that President Trump is putting in front of House and Senate Republicans. 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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It is Tuesday, April 8th, 2025. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

0:53.3

Number one, how Johnson plans to quell the rebellion.

0:57.3

Number two, Trump's latest loyalty test, and number three, all eyes are Greer as the trade war rumbles on.

1:05.3

Let's get into it.

1:06.3

It doesn't look good for the House Republican Conference, Mike Johnson for House Majority Leader Steve

1:12.5

Scalise and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer. You know, Johnson likes to say that he is frequently

1:20.1

underestimated. And that's probably true. He has gotten through a lot this Congress. The common thread through all of that is he

1:29.9

gets through things when Donald Trump is involved. That's not a criticism of Johnson, just a reality of

1:36.8

how singular and singularly powerful a figure Donald Trump is. There are more than a dozen Republicans right now on Tuesday

1:48.5

ahead of what is supposed to be a Wednesday vote. It won't be a Wednesday vote. It'll be a Thursday

1:52.5

vote at this point. There are more than a dozen Republicans who have said they are not going to

1:58.2

vote for the budget resolution on the floor. That's the House Senate

2:03.6

budget resolution that is needed to unlock reconciliation in the House and Senate. Now, the leadership

2:08.9

says they are not going to amend this bill. I was talking to an administration official yesterday who

2:14.4

says, this is the bill. And we need to pass this and that's that.

2:20.6

The Senate can't do anything else. This is the sweet spot for both chambers. So let's get this through.

2:25.0

Now there's like a there seems to be let's put it this way. There are people in the house

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