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Good morning. I'm Jake Sherman, and welcome to the Daily Punch, brought to you by Punch Bowl News.

It is Thursday, December 7th, 2023. Let's get it to the

mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, could Congress end the year without

passing Ukraine money? Number two, Mike Johnson's thighs a flip-fop and number three, a bipartisan

push for an expansion of terror finance rules.

Let's get it to the mix.

It is, I mean, we are right now.

It is December 7th.

One week from today, the Congress plans to end its month and end its year.

There will probably be no more votes for the year after next Thursday.

That is a very bad sign for Ukraine money. I mean, I was talking to a couple senior aides last night at the, at the,

in the capital yesterday evening. And I said, is it possible that Congress ends the year

without passing Ukraine money or Israel money, clearing Israel money.

The House has already passed it.

And they said, yeah, absolutely.

It's likely.

The Senate Republicans yesterday blocked Joe Biden's massive foreign aid package.

And I guess the bull way to look at this is that it will force a reset over the slow-moving negotiations over border policies.

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