OBBB is law. Now what?

The Daily Punch

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Politics, News, Government

4.6 • 666 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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With OBBB in the rearview, Anna and Jake discuss what’s next in President Donald Trump’s Washington. Plus, the latest from the Canvass: a majority of top Capitol Hill staffers say the reconciliation bill’s cuts to Medicaid and SNAP will hurt Republicans in the midterm. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter at punchbowl.news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:55.3	Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer. And I'm Jake Sherman. And welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punchable News. It's Monday, July 7th, 2025. Let's get into the mix. Here are your top Washington headlines of the day. Number one, the latest in Texas and how Washington is reacting.
1:00.4	Number two, what's on the docket post reconciliation. And number three, we've got the latest from the canvas. The vast majority of congressional staffers tell us that Medicaid and snap cuts will hurt
1:06.3	Republicans. All right, Jake, happy Monday morning. Before we get into all of that, we had some news
1:13.3	over the weekend about not only how we're doing this podcast, which we hope you all love on video,
1:19.1	but we are making a much bigger investment into video starting right after Labor Day with a new
1:26.1	show called Fiat Day.
1:28.9	Yes, we are. I didn't know you were kicking it over to me so soon.
1:33.5	The, we believe firmly, and I mean, it's the core of what we do, we are here to serve the community
1:41.2	that is most engaged with legislative politics. And I also firmly believe, and I don't
1:47.9	want to speak for you, but I know you believe this as well. I'm trying to put this delicately,
1:52.1	Anna, that community is underserved. That community is underserved. Or maybe perhaps even more
2:00.0	acutely or more specifically not served well.
2:03.4	Fly Out Day is going to take two things that I think we're particularly good at, which is
2:09.0	conversations with members of Congress and people involved in the legislative process.
2:14.5	And we're going to bring these people to our townhouse for flyout day,
2:17.8	our, uh, the former Punch Bowl News world headquarters, which is now also still part of the
2:22.2	Punch Bowl News empire. The empire. I like that. Very small empire. And also bring in reporters
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