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The Daily Punch

Schumer and Jeffries huddle in Brooklyn

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

Politics, News, Government

4.6666 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries met in Brooklyn on Sunday as Democrats deal with the fallout from a government shutdown fight. Plus, the Dems on the NRCC's initial target list for the 2026 midterms. 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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It is Monday, March 17th, 2025. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

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Number one,

0:58.0

Chuck Schumer and Hakeem-Jeffrey's huddle after a Democratic implosion.

1:04.0

Number two, the list, the 26 House Democrats the NRCC is targeting. And number three,

1:09.8

a sneak peek at the House Republican agenda over the next few weeks. Let's get into it.

1:13.6

Some news to get to at the top this morning,

1:20.0

only in Punch Bowl news. Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries met in Brooklyn Sunday as Democrats deal with the fallout from a government shutdown fight that expose bitter internal divisions

1:25.3

over how to take on Donald Trump. You'll remember, obviously,

1:28.6

and if you don't, you were paying attention last week, that last week, Chuck Schumer voted

1:33.3

for cloture to advance the House Republican written CR, that government funding bill that

1:40.9

averted a shutdown on Friday. He is under incredible pressure, incredible

1:46.5

criticism for that vote and for that decision. Now, Hakeem Jeffries returned to Washington from the

1:55.5

Democratic retreat in Leesburg, Virginia to effectively criticize Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats who were voting

2:02.3

for that CR. The Jeffries people were absolutely convinced that this was a fight Democrats

2:07.7

would want, Democrats wanted, and would win. And they met yesterday in Brooklyn. The stunning

2:14.2

thing is to, you know, that they are both from Brooklyn. They are both

2:17.8

close. They both talk about, or at least Democrats talk broadly about how their unity on decision

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