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Good morning, I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punchful news. It's Thursday, October 17th, 2024. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington

headlines of the day. Number one, Jim Jordan's ambition and power. Number two,

Lena Kahn has at least one agency

supporter. And number three, what Tom Tillis told us in North Carolina. Happy Thursday,

everybody. Jake Sherman, my fellow podcaster, is out in Ohio this morning and unable to record,

but he has a report in Canton with Representative

Jim Jordan. It's 19 days until the election day and Jordan may be the only one who doesn't

see his ambition. Members of the House Republican Conference Jake reports from leadership down to the

most junior of rank and file members are obsessed

with Jordan's every move. Each city he goes through and every dollar he gives to, his fellow

Republican sets off a fresh round of questions. What is Jordan doing? What does he want? And will he

run for House Minority Leader if Republicans come up short in three weeks. The angst is especially

acute among allies of Speaker Mike Johnson and House Majority Leader Steve Gilles, both of whom

could lead the GOP in the minority. So let's look at some evidence here. Jordan has dramatically

stepped up his giving to the NRC, sending $2.5 million to the committee this cycle.

His leadership pack, Buckeye Liberty Pack, raised nearly four times as much this cycle as last,

and it gave way nearly five times as much money to Republicans as it did in 2022.

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