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It's Wednesday, March 19th, 2025.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, Brian Schatz's

ambition. Number two, the latest on reconciliation. And number three, we've got some news. House Republicans

are likely to wait at least a week on a D.C. budget fix. All right, let's get into it, Jake. We are leading

Punch Bowl news AM with a top that focuses on Senator Brian

Schatz, the Democrat from Hawaii, and the fact that he was one of the 10 Senate Democrats

who voted to advance the GOP drafted government funding bill last week. Shots was agonizing

over his vote more than most Democrats, according to our conversations

with his colleagues, and it's not difficult to see why the vote, which of course has prompted

a ton of backlash from activists and the party base was one of the clearest signs that

Chats is angling for a prominent leadership role in the Senate Democrat at a caucus.

Okay, so that makes sense to me, Jake,

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