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Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to the Daily Punch.

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It's Friday, June 17th, 2022.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, where things stand on gun control legislation. Number two, an effort in the Senate to pay for more Supreme Court security. And number

three, how Liz Cheney is selling herself to constituents.

All right, well, TGIF, it has been a week.

Let's get into it.

The top story that we are continuing to cover every twist and turn is on gun control.

And we are asking the question in this morning's Punchball News a.m., will a gun control bill actually be enacted?

Obviously, this is the first time since negotiations began last week in the wake of several

horrific mass shootings that there are serious doubts that a deal can be reached by Senators

Chris Murphy and John Cornyn, the lead Democratic and GOP negotiators on the package.

Republicans insist that Democrats must move in their direction on the so-called boyfriend

loophole, a provision that bars domestic abusers from getting guns. Republicans want to make sure

claims from potentially long-dormant relationships don't impact the ability of someone

to buy a gun. Democrats want to broaden the language. There's also still some unresolved issues

...