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The Daily Punch

The Byrd begins its bath

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

Politics, News, Government

4.6666 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Punchbowl News Reporter Max Cohen is back to talk all things reconciliation as the Senate Finance Committee begins its “Byrd Bath” process. Plus, the Georgia GOP is on edge as they wait for a signal from President Donald Trump on endorsements in the state's Senate race. 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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It is Friday, June 20th, 2025.

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Let's get into the mix.

0:53.7

Here are your Washington headlines of the day, number one, your reconciliation latest, number two, Trump campaign, Inc. And number three, the Georgia Republicans wait for Trump's Senate signal.

0:59.0

Let's get into it.

1:00.2

Max, happy Friday.

1:03.0

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1:06.7

We'll talk about that at the end.

1:09.5

And it is the last day that the House will be out of session before it begins its sprint to maybe getting reconciliation done by July 4th.

1:19.5

I don't know.

1:20.6

But let's talk about what's going on in the chamber that you spend most of your time in the Senate.

1:27.1

The Senate Finance Committee, this is a scoop that went to our Punch Bowl News vault

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If you don't, please shoot me your email and I will charge your credit card personally

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for the vault.

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If I guess, I don't know how to charge a credit card personally, but I will do it.

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