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Sherman. And welcome to The Daily Punch. Brought to you by Punch Bowl News. It's Monday, March 22nd, 2021.

Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, we've got the latest

report card on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Number two, New York Republican Tom Reed is retiring from Congress after an explosive

report in the Washington Post.

And number three, confirmations is the name of the game in the Senate this week.

All right, Jake, let's get into this top item we have in Punishable News AM.

Basically a look at how Senate Majority Leader

and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell are doing thus far.

Chuck Schumer gets pretty high marks from us.

Yeah, he's definitely proved himself to be, you know, he's had a tough, he's had a tough, a lot of tough situations

to, to navigate, I would say. I mean, he passed a two trillion dollar COVID relief bill,

which was very impressive, a very good moment for him. And he has, to be honest with you, he has held his own in a, in a chamber where Mitch

McConnell is kind of an alpha dog, I would say. And most importantly, I would say, is that Schumer

has cut the space to his left. I mean, he's approaching re-election in 2022, and he is susceptible,

theoretically, to a challenge from the left. And he has done a lot to make sure that nobody

could get to his left. He's been quite progressive. And it would be difficult to say at this

point that he, that there is somebody more progressive than he.

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