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Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, we've got the latest at what's at stake for Democrats this week.

Number two, the players to watch.

And number three, Ad Wars, as groups on both sides are fighting over what should be or shouldn't be in the reconciliation package.

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

It is a massive, massive week that we have been building up to for the last several

weeks, if not months, in terms of government funding, in terms of a whole slew of legislative things that

this all Democratic Washington is about to take on. And the stakes couldn't be higher.

Yeah, that's right. This is the kind of the week that we've been, again, yeah, you're right,

building up to and thinking about for a long time.

The difference is on Saturday, I guess it was, yeah, on Saturday Nancy Pelosi said she wanted to get

infrastructure, reconciliation, and government funding done this week.

That's nuts.

I hate to say it.

I mean, not that she's nuts, but that idea is nuts. I mean,

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