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Thank you. Good morning. I'm Jake Sherman and welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punch Bowl News.

It is Friday, September 6th, 2024. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, Steve Scalise tells us about the House Republican

September plans. Number two, forget the defund movement. Democrats in tough races are embracing

cops. And number three, Jeff Flake talks about his ambassadorship. Okay, let's get into it. Good

morning from Austin, Texas. Good very early morning from Austin, Texas.

An earlier wake up here in the central time zone than we are used to, but we're here.

We talked to Steve Scalise on Thursday. Steve Scalise is the House Majority Leader, as we all know.

He's been on the road constantly over this month he has been uh all over the country

he was just in california he told us uh texas arkansas all over and obviously some of the big um

swing races many of which are in california so scolice has had a busy month um we uh there are just

60 days until election day, there are just 60 days until Election Day.

Today, there are 60 days.

The House is in session for the next three weeks.

And by the way, they say they're not cutting back on any time.

I know I've gotten a lot of texts from people asking whether they're going to give back

the last week.

I don't think so.

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