I knew that my vote could make the difference.

And however hard it was, I wasn't going to let their denial of my ability to vote by proxy

get away.

So Sam and I took a trip across the country.

I had a knee surgery and a blood clot, an infection in my knee, two clean-out surgeries.

I've been in the hospital for the last 10 days.

This is a centerpiece of the Trump agenda, and I wanted to get my vote on the record.

All right, Democrats doing everything they can to challenge the Republican-led House's budget proposal.

That was Congresswoman Brittany Peterson of Colorado,

who brought her four-week-old son, and Congressman Kevin Mullen of California, who traveled to D.C.

after being released from the hospital on Monday, we'll go through what comes next for that bill.

Plus, we'll have the latest on all things, Doge, as the White House finally reveals who

is legally in charge of the task force and the new reporting from the New York Times on Doge's

inaccurate savings claims.

Meanwhile, some Republican lawmakers are backing away from town halls after contentious

meetings with constituents will tell you why. And we'll have an update for you on the near miss at

Chicago's Midway Airport after a Southwest Airlines jet ditched its landing just in the nick of time.

Good morning and welcome to morning Joe.

It is Wednesday, everybody, just so you know, informing you.

Wednesday, February 26th, along with Joe Willie and me, we have MSNBC contributor Mike Barnacle,

the host of way too early Ali Vitale. Chief White House correspondent for The New York Times, Peter Baker, and co-founder of Axis.

Mike Allen is with us this morning. Joe, we have so much to get to today as we do every day.

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