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Visit Verizon.com slash accelerator for more. 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 Monday, July 14th, 2025. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, the latest on the recisions package.

Number two, what Hakeem Jeffries is saying.

And number three, we've got the latest on fundraising and ad spending to round out your Monday morning.

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

This is the big week for Republicans.

President Donald Trump has put maximum pressure here on Senate Republicans saying,

if you don't support this rescission's package, I'm not going to support you.

There's still some consternation, but we are moving quickly towards some kind of vote,

maybe some small changes, but it looks like,

I mean, that's going to be the big issue of the week, right?

Yeah, it is.

It is.

The Senate has, well, Congress has until Friday to get this done.

The House and the Senate have until Friday.

And small changes, Anna, are possible, but small changes are big changes because this is not a very big package.

It's

nine, it's only $9.4 billion, which is, I mean, every dollar you cut is probably helpful

if you're a Republican, but $9.4 billion is, is barely a drop in the bucket. This doesn't

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