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The Daily Punch

Schumer and McConnell's springtime battles

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

Politics, News, Government

4.6666 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Anna and Jake take a look at the Senate leaders, Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell, and what challenges they face when they return from recess. Plus, the latest on the government's response to the Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:41.0

Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer.

0:42.3

And I'm Jake Sherman.

0:46.6

And welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punchable News. It's Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one,

0:52.1

a leader look. How Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer

0:54.9

and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell are doing. Number two, the latest on government funding

1:00.2

to help rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge. And number three, House Dems zero in on abortion

1:06.1

rights in Florida. All right, Jake, before we get into it, a big congrats to Caitlin Clark and the Iowa

1:12.8

Hawkeyes on their win last night. And I know you want to start here. So I'm just going to give you

1:17.3

the floor, Yukon, Big Night. Please share. You know, I was actually thinking, I was thinking

1:23.9

during your introduction that you'd probably be annoyed that I talk about

1:28.2

Yukon this morning.

1:29.3

But it's just important to note that the Huskies, my home state team, which has nothing

1:34.3

but college basketball.

1:35.8

We don't have an NFL team.

1:38.0

We don't have any professional sport.

1:40.0

We have the Connecticut son, the WNBA team.

1:42.4

But we have the Yukon Huskies, men and women in the Final Four.

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