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The Daily Punch

May 4, 2021

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

Politics, Government, News

4.3707 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Good Tuesday morning! Here are your top Washington stories of the day. No. 1: The arguments for and against Democrats ditching Republicans on their infrastructure plan. No. 2: The Biden Administration is going into sell mode on the American Jobs Plan. And, No. 3: Who is in the mix to potentially replace Liz Cheney as the No. 3 Republican in the House.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:18.7

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0:24.2

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0:30.9

Good morning.

0:31.8

I'm Anna Palmer.

0:32.6

And I'm Jake Sherman.

0:33.7

And welcome to The Daily Punch.

0:35.4

Brought to you by Punch Bowl News.

0:37.2

It's Tuesday, May 4th, 2021.

0:40.3

Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines at the day. Number one, we've got the pros and cons for why the Biden administration should stick with or ditch Republicans when it comes to infrastructure reform.

0:52.6

Number two, we're going to go inside the Biden administration's efforts to sell the American

0:57.4

Jobs Plan.

0:58.2

And number three, the House Republican names floating around to potentially replace Liz Cheney

1:03.6

as the number three in leadership.

1:06.4

All right, Jake, let's dive into this number one story.

1:09.4

We've been going back and forth for at least the last

1:11.9

several weeks about should they, should they not go big in terms of Democrats going it alone,

1:20.1

or is it time for them to try to strike a note of bipartisanship, which is not just finding

1:25.2

Americans in the country that support this infrastructure package,

1:28.2

but actually finding some members in the U.S. Capitol who are willing to support it.

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