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The Daily Punch

Inside Mike Johnson's next play

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

Politics, Government, News

4.3707 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Jake breaks down Speaker Mike Johnson's next play, after a tumultuous night on Capitol Hill. Plus, the lawmakers who are sweating President Donald Trump's impact on 'safe haven' Treasuries. 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 Thursday, April 10th, 2025. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

0:52.4

Number one, reality strikes House Republicans.

0:55.5

Here's what they'll do now.

0:57.2

Number two, lawmakers sweat Trump's impact on safe haven treasuries.

1:01.8

And number three, Todd Young calls for a White House biotech advisor.

1:05.5

Let's get into it.

1:06.4

Well, what a night.

1:07.6

What a night in the house.

1:09.4

Just after eight last night, Mike Johnson pulled

1:12.9

the House budget, House Senate budget from the House floor after a long, excruciating vote in which

1:21.4

he had a bunch of House Republicans, all of the nose in his ceremonial office, just steps

1:26.6

from the House floor.

1:29.3

It was an extraordinarily excruciating few moments in which Johnson heard time and time again,

1:37.9

the same thing he had heard for the last few weeks.

1:40.9

Republicans don't trust the Senate to cut as much spending as the House wants to cut.

1:47.8

Like, that's it. John Thune and Mike Johnson put in a bifurcated, bifurcated spending cut number

1:54.7

into the budget instructions because the House and Senate don't want to cut the same amount

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