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Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer.

And I'm Jake Sherman.

And welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punch Bull News.

It's Thursday, March 14th, 2024.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, the Schumer Squeeze.

Number two, the latest on government funding.

And number three, House Republicans head to West Virginia.

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

We are leading Punchball News a.m. this morning with a terrific top by Andrew Desiderio, looking at the pressures that Senator Chuck Schumer, leader of

Democrats in the Senate, as well as the majority leader, is feeling pressure.

You know, despite some major legislative victories, it's pretty interesting when you kind of

look at the gamut here.

And if you look at the TikTok issue, you look at Israel, and also the travails of

indicted Senator Bob Menendez, the Democrat from New Jersey.

He's feeling pressure on all three fronts.

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