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The Daily Punch

Why Senate Dems want to keep fighting

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

Politics, Government, News

4.3707 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

It’s Day 38 of the government shutdown — and no end in sight. Anna and Jake break down how the standoff hardened after Tuesday’s elections and Sen. Chris Murphy’s message on Fly Out Day. Plus: what California’s new post-Prop 50 map means for 2026. Watch this episode on YouTube here! Punchbowl News is on YouTube Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠ to our channel today to see all the new ways ⁠we’re investing in video.⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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

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0:00.0

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0:23.2

It's Friday, November 7th, 20. Let's get into the mix. Here are

0:42.3

your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, the latest in the shutdown. No end in sight,

0:47.0

but a lot of movement happening. Number two, Senator Chris Murphy joined us on flyout day, what he

0:52.2

had to say. And number three, what's next in California post-Prop 50?

0:58.0

All right, Jake, let's get to it. This was a big week for the government shutdown. We are now in the longest government shutdown in history.

1:07.3

And while there had been some early momentum of kind of both sides talking,

1:11.8

feeling like there might be an end in sight, Tuesday's election for Democrats really hard

1:17.3

in their position. They had a multi-hour caucus meeting yesterday. And there's a real appetite on

1:24.0

the left, certainly by some progressive, to say, like, this is not the time to cave.

1:28.7

They're saying they're unified, but there's also a lot of Democrats who are trying to find

1:32.2

an off ramp here.

1:33.5

Well, what's the saying, right?

1:35.1

There's a lot of motion, but not movement.

1:37.0

And I understand that view because you had the president come out this week and say,

1:42.8

this is hurting Republicans worse than it's hurting Democrats.

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