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to the Daily Punch. Byte by Punch Bowl News. It's Friday, September 10th, 2021.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, the lasting and not so lasting impact of 9-11 on Washington.

Number two, the AdWords have begun on including immigration as part of reconciliation.

And number three, Kevin McCarthy is taking the courts once again to try to stop proxy voting.

All right, let's get into it.

We are approaching the 20th anniversary of September 11th tomorrow.

Let's say the obvious here for a moment. Congress and

Washington are in vastly different places than they were two decades ago. If you recall,

the post-September 11th period was really the last sustained bout of bipartisanship against a common

enemy, global terrorism.

At that time, the United States was mourning and counting its dead.

Then President George W. Bush soared to an amazing 90% approval rating.

And within a week, Congress gave Bush the authority to use military force against

those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed,

or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001. Basically, Bush was given

a blank check that he and his successors have stretched to unimaginable lengths.

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