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Jake Sherman. And welcome to The Daily Punch. Brought to you by Punch Bowl News. It's Wednesday, March 17th, 2021.

Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, House Republicans

are getting set to vote on a return to earmarks. Number two, Joe Biden has some revealing

thoughts on the filibuster and makes a little news about Andrew Cuomo.

And number three, a new report is out on a possible exit for Senator Diane Feinstein from the U.S. Senate.

All right, Jake, let's get into this news we have at the top of Punch Bull News. House Republicans looking more likely than not to actually

support a return to earmarks. Yeah, this vote could happen today. So today is the day where

Republicans could vote to restore earmarks becoming the House Democrats have done it. And it's clear that Senate Democrats are going to do it.

This would mark a major shift in Capitol Hill governance, I would say, gives Congress a new

lease on life, some new authority. I mean, frankly, this is a long time coming for Congress.

There was a lot of corruption when it came to earmarks, but Congress has been looking

for years to reassert itself when it comes to, when it comes to Congress, when it comes

to federal spending.

So this is a big, this is a big move in, in that respect.

And if you look at power and who's up and who's down as we like to do

allowing earmarks would give the leadership a new some new power would give appropriators those

people that spend money new power because they would be able to decide who gets these earmarks

and just one more one more thought and then I'm curious how you see this but these earmarks. And just one more, one more thought, Anna, and then I'm curious how you see this, but these

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