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Jake Sherman. And welcome to The Daily Punch, Fried to by Punch Pool News. It's Wednesday, June 16th, 2021.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, the House's back and skepticism over a bipartisan infrastructure deal is growing.

Number two, Donald Trump's hold on Republicans and the media is unlike anything in history.

And number three, all eyes turned toward the Joe Biden-Ladimir Putin summit today.

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

The number one story that we are watching is House Democrats came back yesterday after, you know, some time away, back in their districts. And it was a pretty

stark response that we saw by several members, not just the progressives or, you know, leadership,

but just kind of overall putting a lot of cold water on the concept of this Senate bipartisan

deal.

Yeah, that's right.

I mean, this is not just progressives.

I mean, a lot of people have said progressives don't like this bipartisan deal,

but it's also people in Nancy Pelosi's inner circle.

It's Richie Neal, the chair of the Ways and Means Committee,

John Yarmouth, the chair of the Budget Committee.

So, you know, what do I make of this? I think that a lot of focus has been on the Senate because that's who's been in session.

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