Senate GOP eyes delaying key Medicaid cut

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🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Watch this episode on YouTube here! Senate Republicans are considering delaying a politically explosive Medicaid cut as they look for ways to win over GOP moderate holdouts threatening the massive reconciliation bill. Plus, Anna and Jake discuss Zohran Mamdani's political rise and how it's making vulnerable House Democrats uneasy. 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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0:00.0	The Wall Street Journal editorial board is hailing President Trump and Senator Cruz's Spectrum deal,
0:06.4	saying it will facilitate innovation, make the Internet safer, reduce consumer costs,
0:12.4	and foster competition while protecting American defense systems.
0:17.1	The first Trump administration jump-started America's 5G lead.
0:21.5	This deal will secure it by delivering the spectrum to grow our economy, create jobs, and lead the industries of the future.
0:29.5	To keep America first, Congress should pass the deal now.
0:33.6	Presented by CTIA.
0:46.0	Music presented by C-T-I-A. Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer.
0:47.7	And I'm Jake Sherman.
0:49.0	And welcome to the Daily Punch, brought to by Punch Pool News.
0:52.1	It's Thursday, June 26, 2025. Let's get into the
0:56.0	mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, we've got some breaking news.
1:00.5	Senate Republicans are eyeing, delaying key Medicaid cuts in reconciliation.
1:05.4	Number two, the New York City mayor's race makes waves with vulnerable Democrats. And number
1:10.1	three, Republican resistance to the AI
1:12.5	moratorium in reconciliation intensifies. All right, Jake, let's get to it. We have some breaking
1:18.8	news at the top of Punchable News AM. What is happening here with Medicaid cuts? It has been one of
1:25.4	the biggest issues that Senate Republicans
1:28.1	have been trying to wrestle with. We are getting right down to the wire with Senate majority
1:33.4	leader Jahan Thun looking to try to move this thing before July 4th. Yeah, this is a,
1:39.8	this is a big story. So we are, I guess, what is it, eight days or something?
1:45.3	I don't know.
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