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Brought to you by Punchable News. It's Tuesday, October 1st, 2024. Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, how Haleen is testing Harris,

Trump, and Biden. Number two, House Dems try to take advantage of Republicans' lack of accomplishments

in the 112th Congress. And number three, Joe Neguse is making moves. All right, Jake, let's get into it.

We are leading Punch Bowl News a.m. with a look at how Hurricane Helene,

the massive storm that ravaged the southeastern United States, killed more than 130 people left,

more than 1.5 million people without power and devastated communities across the region. And this

storm also brought to the fore a number of legislative

and political dynamics that are worth diving into with just weeks until the election in a razor

tight fight for control of both the White House and Congress. Everything is magnified.

So let's talk about that first, the potential for the Biden administration and Kamala Harris.

Yeah. So, you know, it is, we oftentimes say, Anna, that lawmakers and political figures make policy in a political world.

And the storm is devastating, but there are impacts, both legislative and political,

that come along with any event in the world.

And the White House said yesterday, and Joe Biden said, I think, various figures at the White

House said yesterday, it is a devastating

once in a generation storm, and that's right. But there are a bunch of impacts here.

Let's start with the top. Storms have a way of coinciding with presidential elections.

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