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Good morning, I'm Anna Palmer.

And I'm Jake Sherman.

And welcome to The Daily Punch.

Brought to you by Punch Pool News. It's Friday, January 3rd, 2025.

Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, what to watch in today's speaker vote. Number two, syllabus week in the Senate and number three, inside the FBI briefing on the

NOLA terrorist attack. Well, welcome back, Jake. It's our first joint podcast of the year.

Excited to be here with you on 2025, what is sure to be a very busy start to the year. Excited to be here with you on 2025, what is sure to be a very busy start to the year.

2025, we are here. How exciting is that? Yeah, this is a, Anna, today is January 3rd, as most people who are following the calendar, which is most human beings, would know.

And it is the day where Mike Johnson goes to the floor seeking a vote to become speaker.

So let's just give a rundown of where we are.

You and I have been through a lot of these.

So at 11 o'clock, the House of Representatives will gavel out for the 118th Congress.

We will say goodbye, not actually, but some members will be saying goodbye to the institution.

I, sorry to see some people go, happy to see others go.

And then at noon, we will see the 119th Congress

for this first time. So 119th Congress is their first thing they do. It's not an act of business,

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