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The Daily Punch

March 26, 2021

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

Politics, Government, News

4.3707 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Good Friday morning! Here are your top Washington stories. No. 1: We have the latest on the Iowa seat in the House that Democrats are trying to win back. No. 2: House Democrats are trying to get more information on what exactly happened on January 6, 2021. And, No. 3: The latest on gun control. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer.

0:32.7

And I'm Jake Sherman.

0:33.9

And welcome to The Daily Punch.

0:35.5

Brought to you by Punch Bowl News.

0:37.2

It's Friday, March 26th,

0:39.7

2021. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, the latest on

0:46.2

the Iowa seat in the House that Democrats are trying to win back. Number two, House Democrats are

0:52.3

trying to get more information about what exactly happened on January 6th.

0:57.2

And number three, the latest on gun control.

1:00.4

All right, Jake, the first story today that we're talking about is this Iowa seat that probably most people haven't heard about,

1:09.2

but is a big issue in the House, given the margins

1:13.7

and the fact that a Republican essentially has won it by, you know, a handful of votes.

1:20.5

Yeah, Marionette Miller Meeks is a Republican who won the seat by six, six votes. She, she beat

1:27.1

Rita Hart. This is Iowa's second congressional

1:29.4

district. And Hart is challenging the results, as you would imagine one would do if you lost by six,

1:35.5

by six votes. No, but it's a big, it's a big issue because now Rita Hart has taken her case

1:43.0

to the House administration committee, which she is within her rights to do.

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