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It's Wednesday, September 4th.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, how to think about Speaker Mike Johnson's government funding play.

Number two, inside the Senate GOP race to be the next leader.

And number three, Democratic abortion rights messaging dominates the airwaves.

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

We are all things looking at how the government is going to get funded before the

September 30th deadline. And this morning we have a primer leading Punch Bull News AM thinking about

how to think about Johnson's government funding strategy. As we said, Johnson is moving ahead with a

plan that we've been detailing the last

few days with the goal to pass a six-month extension of government funding, coupled with the

SAVE Act. The SAVE Act requires proof of citizenship before registering to vote in a federal

election. Of course, it is already illegal for anyone who is not a citizen to vote in a U.S.

election. Johnson and the House Republican leadership is going to be hosting a call at 11 a.m.

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