Republicans’ shaky grip on the House

The Daily Punch

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🗓️ 11 December 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Is the GOP leadership losing control of the House? Anna and Jake dig into the discharge-petition chaos and why a health care deal is slipping further out of reach. Plus, inside the growing calls from rank-and-file lawmakers in both parties for a Venezuela war powers vote. Watch this episode on YouTube here! Punchbowl News is on YouTube Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠ to our channel today to see all the new ways ⁠we’re investing in video.⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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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0:30.3	Visit good to know facts.org. Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer. And I'm Jake Sherman.
0:45.3	And welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punchable News. It's Thursday,
0:48.7	December 11th, 2025. Let's get in the mix here. Are your Washington headlines of the day?
0:53.8	Number one, tough house
0:54.9	politics for Speaker Mike Johnson. Number two, a health care deal gets even harder. And number
0:59.9	three, calls increase for a war powers vote on Venezuela. All right, Jake, let's get into it.
1:05.3	We have really dramatic top, kind of just basically outlining all the different ways and challenges that Speaker
1:12.6	Mike Johnson faces to his leadership going into 2026. It has been a rough week.
1:19.6	Yeah. Yeah, it has been. And this is not as much of a criticism as just an acknowledgement of the
1:25.9	reality, Anna. And I'm sorry, I sound like a duck today because I feel like I, you know, I'm in this
1:31.2	period where I just have like a low grade cold from like November until April.
1:37.3	And you know what?
1:38.3	I just got to, I got to roll with the punches, you know what I mean?
1:41.0	The people need you, Jake.
1:42.3	They need your voice, your wisdom.
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