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Sherman. And welcome to the Daily Punch by Punchable News. It's Friday, July 29th, 2022.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, House Democrats are making progress on a police funding package.

Number two, Kevin McCarthy hits the road.

And number three, Republicans clobbered Democrats in the congressional baseball game last night.

All right, Jake, let's get right to it.

The top of Punchable News a.m. this morning is a look at another issue that Democrats are making

some real progress on.

And this time it comes in the chamber of the House and police funding.

Goodness gracious, Anna.

This congressional session might never end, literally.

We thought we were kind of scot-free on Wednesday, and then the Schumer Mansion deal

came up.

We thought we might be off free yesterday. And then last night, the House

Rules Committee, out of nowhere, I did not know this was going to happen because, well, I guess I knew

when it started happening, the House Rules Committee gaveled in yesterday evening to give the leadership what's called

same-day authority, which means they could bring up a bill and pass it or inconsiderate

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