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It is Friday, May 23rd, 2025. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, Mike Johnson and Steve Scalise

dish on reconciliation. Number two, get ready. It's the sentence turn. And number three,

what's next for House Oversight Dems? Let's get into it. So, yesterday after I recorded the podcast,

the House passed the reconciliation bill.

It was a big victory, obviously, for House Republicans, and the vote was pretty impressive for Mike Johnson.

Every Republican voted for the bill, except for Thomas Massey of Kentucky, who was always

going to vote no.

Warren Davidson of Ohio, who had signaled he was going to vote no. Warren Davidson of Ohio,

who had signaled he was going to vote no. He had hinted at that. And Andy Harris of Maryland,

the House Freedom Caucus Chair, who said he voted, he voted present, but he said he did it

because he still has reservations with the bill, but wanted the bill to move along. Okay. This passed at, you know, seven-ish a.m. And House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries,

did not go all day, did not talk for hours. He talked for about 30 minutes on the legislation.

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