meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Daily Punch

What the House has on deck

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

Politics, News, Government

4.6 • 666 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Anna and Jake take a detailed look at the House Republican leadership’s schedule for May. Plus, Marco Rubio wants to overhaul the State Department — and while Republicans are mostly on board, it’s not going to be an easy sell. 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

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

And now, a message from Google. The spirit of innovation is deeply ingrained in America,

0:06.9

and Google is helping Americans innovate in ways both big and small. Central Texas Regional Mobility

0:13.8

Authority is using Google AI to create smarter tolling systems and improve traffic flow for Texans.

0:23.1

This is a new era of American Innovation. Find out more at G.co'm Anna Palmer. And I'm Jake Sherman. And welcome to The Daily Punch,

0:45.1

brought to you by Punchable News. It's Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025. Let's get into the mix.

0:51.2

Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, we've got some news.

0:55.1

Details on the House schedule. What it means for reconciliation of a more. Number two, Rubio

1:00.2

picks a hill fight. And number three, the insurance industry's big campaign. All right, Jake, let's get into it.

1:07.4

We are leading off Punchable News a.m. with a detailed calendar of how House Republican

1:14.2

leadership expects the month of May to go. But the big thing that stood out here for me is

1:20.5

House Republicans plan to have their reconciliation package on the floor the week of May 19th.

1:26.0

Not entirely surprising, as it's the last week

1:28.4

the House is in before the Memorial Day recess. But it does mean that they are acknowledging

1:34.9

reality, which is they are not going to be able to get a reconciliation bill to President

1:40.8

Donald Trump's desk before the end of May. Yeah, I don't, yeah, unless they think that the, that the House and Senate are going to pass

1:49.0

this thing the week of May 19th, I think that's a, just an implied reality here.

1:56.3

So there's a, we have a bunch of news. And, you know, I was talking to Bres last night.

2:00.0

I've been, I've been

2:01.4

pleasantly surprised at our news gathering abilities during this congressional recess when usually

2:07.7

it's, uh, it's pretty, it's pretty dry, but we've had a couple good additions here. So,

2:13.0

yes, that is the big headline, May 19th, week of May 19th, reconciliation on the floor.

2:18.6

You know, Anna, we'll see.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Punchbowl News, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Punchbowl News and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.