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

It is Tuesday, July 30th, 2024. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, the tale of two sentence. Number two, Andy Ogle seeks to fend off a challenger in a

tight primary. And number three, it's the Senate's turn to investigate the Trump assassination

attempt. Let's get into it the top of Punchball News this morning. There are a set of events

that are almost opposites this week in the Senate. Within 48 hours,

the Senate will go from passing a landmark social media bill to voting on a doomed to fail

tax package that Democrats are using to advance a key election season message. It's the tale of

two senators. It's a microcosm of the entire 118th Congress, big bipartisan bills and bills that are meant to make a

point. There have been big deals on the TikTok package, foreign aid bills, but also a slew of

partisan party line votes that are designed to score political points. The real intention here,

especially on the tax bill, is to help vulnerable Democratic incumbents or force Republicans into a politically uncomfortable position.

Now, there is an undertone of the campaign of the presidential campaign that has, where Republicans are trying to say Democrats are against the child tax credit.

This will be another opportunity for Democratic leaders to show Democrats are against the child tax credit. This will be another opportunity for

Democratic leaders to show Republicans vote against the CTC and a variety of other tax elements.

Now, the tax bill that they are voting on, that's the Wyden Smith bill, that's Ron Wyden,

the chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and Jason Smith,

the chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, got 357 votes in the House. But in the Senate,

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