Thune's survive-and-advance strategy

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🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Anna and Jake discuss Speaker Johnson's failed attempt to block an effort to install proxy voting for new mothers and fathers. Plus, Senate Majority Leader Thune and Budget Committee Republicans are set to meet with President Trump today as they prepare to vote on a compromise budget resolution later this week. 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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0:44.1	And I'm Jake Sherman.
0:45.1	And welcome to The Daily Punch.
0:46.4	Brought to you by Punchable News.
0:47.7	It's Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025.
0:50.9	Let's get into the mix.
0:52.0	Here are your Washington headlines of the day.
0:55.0	Number one, speaker Mike Johnson's Big Loss. Number two get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one,
1:00.7	Speaker Mike Johnson's big loss. Number two, the latest on Thune's reconciliation strategy.
1:06.7	And number three, fallout from the Florida and Wisconsin elections. All right, Jake, let's get into it. Let's talk about the big story here that is going to have really big reverberations
1:12.3	on Capitol Hill. And that is Speaker Mike Johnson. We talked a little bit about his decision
1:18.3	to try and bat down an effort by Representative Anna Paulina Luna, the Republican from Florida,
1:27.2	when it comes to an effort to
1:30.9	install proxy voting for new mothers and fathers. Willie put a lot on the line here by Johnson,
1:38.8	and he was defeated, Jake, pretty resoundingly.. You defeated handily, Anna.
1:44.5	Good morning to you and to everybody.
1:46.6	This was an issue that Mike Johnson went hard on, very hard on.
1:52.2	Let's be clear here.
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