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Speaker Mike Johnson and President Joe Biden both say they’d be happy to meet with the other, but that hasn't happened recently. Plus: A look at Andrew Desiderio's notebook from the Munich Security Conference. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anna talks about the latest out of Germany as the Munich Security Conference wraps up. Foreign leaders are growing frustrated with the United States. Plus: The Vault dives into Rep. Jason Smith's views on SALT. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anna and Jake discuss the precarious position Speaker Mike Johnson finds himself in after hosting an animated, and at times heated, meeting in the Capitol Wednesday afternoon. Plus: Ten House members have drafted a compromise Ukraine-Taiwan-Israel-border security bill and our Andrew Desiderio is reporting from the Munich Security Conference. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscri...

Anna and Jake discuss Speaker Mike Johnson's tough week after Democrats won the NY-3 special election, he lost a sixth rule vote on the House floor and he provided no insight into how he'll handle the Senate's $95 billion foreign aid package. Plus: The Vault previews IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel's testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee today. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Co...

Anna and Jake discuss what happens now that the Senate passed the $95 billion Israel-Ukraine-Taiwan foreign aid bill. Speaker Mike Johnson says he's more focused on avoiding a government shutdown in March. Plus: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on the foreign aid package and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise is back in D.C. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our...

Anna and Jake discuss the $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan following a long night on the Senate floor. Plus, Speaker Mike Johnson says he will kill the legislation in its current form. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Senate was in session over the weekend burning the clock on the $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. And there's still no agreement on amendment votes. Plus, what are Speaker Mike Johnson's options if/when the Senate's foreign-aid bill passes? Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer wants to pass the $95 billion foreign aid package before sending senators home for a two-week recess, meaning Friday, Saturday and, yes, Super Bowl Sunday sessions. Plus, the latest on the tax bill with Sen. Mike Crapo's (R-Idaho) continued opposition. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter. Learn mor...

Speaker Mike Johnson plans to endorse Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) in the Montanan's looming campaign for Senate, Anna and Jake discuss. Plus, an update on what is happening in the Senate GOP and House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar makes news by endorsing Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) for Senate. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newslet...

Anna and Jake do a postmortem of the two failed House votes Tuesday night, how did Speaker Mike Johnson lose control? Plus, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer plans to bring the negotiated foreign aid package up for a vote today. And the latest on the tax bill. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. V...

The Senate’s $118 billion bipartisan border security supplemental unraveled less than 24 hours after it was released. What's next for the bill? Plus, Mayorkas' impeachment vote is today and the latest on the NY-3 campaign. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Senate’s bipartisan border security and foreign aid package is finally here. Jake breaks down some of the bill's details, and how it's fracturing the Senate GOP. Plus an update from Nassau County, N.Y., in the NY-3 race. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today is Speaker Mike Johnson's 100th day leading the House; Jake Sherman reviews the Louisana Republican's tenure. Plus, is there a pathway to 60 on the supplemental? Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The House passed a bipartisan tax package Wednesday night. It's going to get caught up in a Senate legislative logjam over the next few weeks. Plus, the latest on the Senate's border security package, and highlights from the 78th WPCF dinner. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...

After a 13-hour hearing, the House Homeland Security Committee voted along party lines to impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Plus, Speaker Mike Johnson will bring the tax bill to the floor. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest on the math behind the impeachment of DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the latest on the border fight and we think we'll have a tax vote this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The House and Senate are both in this week as Congress wrestles with the border, taxes and the impeachment of DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Plus, how Congress is thinking about the death of three U.S. soldiers in the middle east. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As public sentiment on the economy shifts, Democrats get ready to go on the offensive. Plus, the House Freedom Caucus is expanding... at the state level. And, the latest on the DCCC dues report. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is saying the time and political will to pass a border deal has effectively run out. Plus, the Senate wants its say on the bipartisan tax bill and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen leans into the Biden administration's economic message. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter. Learn more about your ad...

The Senate Republican Conference is starting to sound like their House GOP counterparts, Jake breaks it down. Plus, the tax bill is out and Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) gets the support of the House Freedom Caucus going into a tough primary. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anna and Jake discuss what's happening with the Senate's border negotiations — with the House out this week, can the upper chamber get it together? Plus, the House Freedom Caucus takes aim at an incumbent Republican, and the latest on the tax deal. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....

An update on the latest in the Senate border negotiations. Plus, Anna and Jake discuss the "Three Johns," the potential successors to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Only one of them — Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) — has endorsed former President Donald Trump in the 2024 race. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter. Learn more abou...

Speaker Mike Johnson is getting new warning signs after several notable GOP votes against the stopgap to extend government funding Thursday night. Plus, the latest on the tax bill as Ways and Means kicks off its markup at 9 a.m. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Speaker Mike Johnson is in a precarious spot as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer plans to begin pushing through a border security and foreign aid bill as soon as next week. Not all is bad for the speaker, though; Anna and Jake discuss the Congressional Leadership Fund's and the American Action Network's strong fundraising figures. Plus, the latest on the bipartisan tax deal. Want more in-depth...

Anna and Jake discuss why the Big Four's meeting with President Joe Biden about the president's national security supplemental request will be a tough one. Plus, House Republicans clash with DHS over Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' testimony and the latest on the tax deal. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter. Learn more about your ad ch...