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The Daily Punch

Johnson's immigration jam

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

News, Government, Politics

4.3707 Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Speaker Mike Johnson is in a precarious spot as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer plans to begin pushing through a border security and foreign aid bill as soon as next week. Not all is bad for the speaker, though; Anna and Jake discuss the Congressional Leadership Fund's and the American Action Network's strong fundraising figures. Plus, the latest on the bipartisan tax deal. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer.

0:43.3

And I'm Jake Sherman.

0:45.0

And welcome to The Daily Punch.

0:46.2

Brought to you by Punchful News.

0:49.3

It's Thursday, January 18th, 2024.

0:50.8

Let's get into the mix.

0:52.8

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

0:55.0

Number one, the immigration jam.

0:58.4

Number two, Speaker Mike Johnson's big fundraising numbers.

1:00.1

And number three, the vault.

1:03.6

Dems push for more changes to the tax deal.

1:06.5

All right, Jake, let's get into it. There is a lot happening on Capitol Hill.

1:09.3

First up, before we get into the immigration jam,

1:12.0

important to just set the tone of the schedule. The Senate will be voting on the CR to fund the

1:18.4

federal government through early March at 1230 p.m. today. There's going to be four votes,

1:23.2

including amendments that will be rejected. The interesting thing here is after that short-term spending measure passes,

1:31.0

you'll be sent to the House for quick action.

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