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Jake Sherman. And welcome to The Daily Punch. Brought to you by Punch Bowl News. It's Friday,

July 30th, 2021.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, we've got the latest on what's happening in the House and Senate before the

August recess.

Number two, Amy Walter has a big new gig.

And number three, Democratic Super PAC, Prioritiesities USA raised big money during the first half of

2021. All right, Jake, let's get into it. The big question on my mind, will we or will we not have a

weekend this weekend? I don't know. I guess I would. It's not a very good crystal balling for me here this Friday morning.

I don't know the answer to that.

I mean, I guess what I would say is like maybe.

I don't know.

I mean, so I guess let's just lay this out as we should.

So let's start with number one with the house, um,

which is like been asleep. Bres will kill me for saying this, but has been asleep, I think

for the last like, month or so. I don't think I've spent a lot of time. Don't tell that to Speaker

Nancy Pelosi. Yeah, I know. She probably wouldn't be happy with that either. Um, but, you know,

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