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Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, we sat down last night for a virtual event with White House Chief of Staff, Ron

Clayne.

We'll break down his sinking on COVID relief, immigration, and a lot more.

Number two, Senate Majority Leader

Chuck Schumer went after Republican Senator Susan Collins last night. And number three,

something to put on your radar. Senate Democrats are going after Republican groups. We're trying

to stack the federal judiciary. All right, Jake, let's talk about Ron Clayne last night. We sat down with him

for about 20 minutes in a virtual event. And it was a pretty wide-ranging discussion from COVID

relief to immigration to infrastructure. What stood out to you? Yeah, a bunch of things stood out

to me. So let's take this piece by piece. Shalonda Young, we've talked about

her a lot on this on the podcast. She is the nominee to be number two of the Office of Management and Budget.

Office of Management and budget is huge. It controls all federal spending. And especially when the

government is spending like trillions of dollars more than it usually spend is a big deal.

So the Democratic leadership in the House wants her to be the OMB director because

Neurotandin flamed out.

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