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Good morning.

I'm Anna Palmer.

And I'm Jake Sherman.

And welcome to The Daily Punch,

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It's Friday, July 18th, 2025.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your top Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, we've got a leader look.

How are Speaker Mike Johnson and minority leader, Hakeem Jeffrey's doing?

Number two, Senate Republicans tee up an important vote to see,

will Democrats really play hardball when it comes to government funding?

And number three, House Republicans are looking to put what? Check your notes. Oh, immigration.

Back on the front burner, Jake. It is going to be interesting to see how that goes. All right,

let's get to it. Oh, why don't you catch us up overnight. there was some action in the House on some votes,

key votes that were really important.

And then we'll get to the top stories.

Yeah.

The House passed finally after a lot of back and forth over unrelated issues, Donald Trump's $9 billion rescissions package.

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