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The Daily Punch

March 9, 2021

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

Politics, Government, News

4.3707 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2021

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Happy Tuesday! Here are today's top Washington stories. No. 1: All eyes are turning to infrastructure as the next key legislative package. We've got some questions. No. 2: Conservatives in the House are causing problems on the House floor. And, No. 3: We've got the latest on the GOP earmark conundrum.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:05.8

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0:12.5

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0:18.7

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0:23.6

is fueling America's workforce by visiting walmart.com slash America at work.

0:30.9

Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer.

0:32.7

And I'm Jake Sherman.

0:33.7

And welcome to the Daily Punch.

0:35.7

Brought to you by Punch Bowl News.

0:39.3

It's Tuesday, March 9th,

0:46.9

2021. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, with COVID relief all but passed in the House, we're turning our attention to some key questions about what's up next,

0:52.6

infrastructure reform. And number two, House Republicans are making

0:56.2

some noise about scuttling the way business gets done on the House floor. And number three,

1:01.4

we've got the latest on the earmark conundrum. All right, Jake, let's go to the number one story

1:06.9

of the day. We are turning our attention, as is most of Washington, although the Biden

1:11.5

administration, it hasn't quite publicly signaled yet that infrastructure is going to be next,

1:16.0

but it's what everyone believes is going to be next. And there are some key questions in terms of

1:21.1

how this could get done, will it get done, and what role the administration will play.

1:27.7

Yeah, well, first of all, let me, let me take a second to pause.

1:30.8

It's the 24th anniversary of the notorious BIG's death today.

1:34.4

So I just thought, you know, we should, we should note that at the top here.

1:38.7

Sure.

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