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Back to SearchMike Johnson reaches 5 months as speaker
Anna and Jake look at Speaker Mike Johnson and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries; what challenges will they face when they return from Easter Rec…
1 year, 9 months ago
Washington's Baltimore funding play
The effort to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore is going to be expensive... several billion dollars, according to estimates we’ve hea…
1 year, 9 months ago
Who voted no and took the dough
Congress approved more than $71 million in earmarks for lawmakers who voted against the most recent minibus spending bill. Jake Sherman goes over who…
1 year, 9 months ago
Schumer's ambitious Senate agenda
Now that federal agencies are funded through September, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer wants to pivot to a flurry of bipartisan legislation he …
1 year, 9 months ago
The AI Impact: AI and Cybersecurity
Punchbowl News founder and CEO Anna Palmer and senior congressional reporter Andrew Desiderio talk about artificial intelligence's impact on cybersec…
1 year, 9 months ago
Johnson’s Ukraine dilemma
Speaker Mike Johnson faces some tough choices when it comes to how to proceed with funding aid for Ukraine. Plus: The AI Impact, a new project by Pun…
1 year, 9 months ago
Everyone’s mad at each other
Congress has left town, and everyone is mad. But not Anna and Jake, who go over the latest on Speaker Mike Johnson's future after Rep. Marjorie Taylo…
1 year, 9 months ago
House GOP leadership struggles on funding bill
The deadline to pass a funding bill is now hours away, and House GOP leadership is struggling as the whip count came in softer than they would’ve lik…
1 year, 9 months ago
The minibus is here
Washington has bet against Speaker Mike Johnson a lot. But if all goes according to plan, by Friday, Johnson will have cleared a massive hurdle in hi…
1 year, 9 months ago
Hurry up and wait: Bill text may slip to Thursday
The government is set to partially shut down Friday, and the text for the six-bill minibus still hasn’t been released yet. Plus: GOP senators who tri…
1 year, 9 months ago