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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 Wednesday, September 15th,

2021. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, we've got an

exclusive interview with Mitch McConnell on the debt ceiling. Number two, who you should be watching

when it comes to the debt ceiling. And number three, Gavin Newsom remains governor of California.

All right, Jake, we have got an exclusive interview in Punch Bowl News AM

with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

And basically, he's not bluffing when it comes to the debt ceiling.

Certainly doesn't seem like it.

I mean, it seems like the entire theory of the case here by Democrats when it comes to

the debt limit, which is up in a month pretty much, that Mitch McConnell is somehow going to, is somehow to fold and he's going to vote for the

debt ceiling increase.

I don't know why they think that.

They're trying to have an intellectual argument here.

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