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The Daily Punch

May 24, 2021

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

Politics, Government, News

4.3707 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Good Monday morning! Here are your top Washington stories of the day. No. 1: It's a big week in the Senate. We've got all the details. No. 2: A staff shakeup at the House Republican party committee. And, No. 3: Noms, noms, noms — plus a sneak peek at Isaac Dovere's new book detailing the relationship between Speaker Nancy Pelosi and AOC. 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.

0:32.8

And I'm Jake Sherman.

0:33.7

And welcome to The Daily Punch.

0:35.4

Brought to you by Punch Bowl News.

0:36.9

It's Monday, May 24th,

0:38.8

2021. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, it's a big

0:44.6

week ahead in the Senate, and we've got all the details. Number two, the House Republican Party

0:48.9

Committee is facing big turnover. And number three, noms, noms. All right, Jake, let's get into it this morning.

0:55.6

The number one story, it is a big week this week in the Senate. Yeah, we're ahead of the traditional

1:01.7

Memorial Day recess, which if your Congress means you get like three weeks off. But the,

1:06.3

but the Senate is in this week. A bunch of things to go over here. Number one, big China package on the Senate floor.

1:13.3

A massive package meant to combat China's influence, growing influence in the world, including legislation, including it has components that would overhaul the National Science Foundation would help semiconductor manufacturers,

1:29.1

all sorts of stuff here, punishing China on human rights. So a big, massive piece of legislation,

1:34.8

big priority of Chuck Schumers. This is the kind of thing that just has so many people involved

1:38.9

that it really can't go awry because there are just so many people who are pushing for this.

1:43.6

Number two, we need to see

1:45.7

something on infrastructure this week. Joe Biden said he wanted progress before Memorial Day.

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