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Good morning.

I'm Anna Palmer.

And I'm Jake Sherman.

And welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to by Punchful News.

It's Wednesday, October 18th,

2023. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one,

Jim Jordan's speaker's bid isn't looking good. Number two, inside the Senate's push on Israel and

Ukraine funding. And number three, the latest on Jack Loo's confirmation process.

All right, Jake, let's get into it. We have been all over the speaker's race. It has been a

topsy-turvy week, but things are not looking good for Jim Jordan and his effort to become

the next speaker of the house.

Yeah, not good.

It has been a hell of a week, month, maybe even year, Anna, to be honest with you.

We are, let's review where we are and where we're going and where we'll be.

So yesterday, Jim Jordan went to the floor for a vote and 20 Republicans voted against him,

including some big surprises.

Kay Granger of Texas, the House Appropriations Chair, a bunch of people like Doug LaMalfa of California,

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