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Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer.

And I'm Jake Sherman.

And welcome to The Daily Punch.

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It's Tuesday, September 14th, 2021.

Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, the gulf between moderates and progressives on Joe Biden's agenda is widening.

Number two, we've got the latest on reconciliation. And number three, Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, is back on the hot seat today.

All right, Jake, let's get into it.

We have been talking about this divide in the Democratic Party for quite a while between the moderates and the progressives.

But it's actually starting to potentially have an impact on Joe Biden's agenda

and actually passing some of these big ticket items that they are counting on before the end of the

year. Yeah, I'd say a few things here. Number one, we spoke yesterday to a bunch of people,

but most notably Bernie Sanders and John Tester. Two things to note here.

John Tester said he wants 100% of the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package paid for. That's not

happening right now in any way, shape, or form.

Now, listen, I would imagine that he could walk that back or whatever, but it just shows that moderates are in a different place than progressives on this.

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