{"podcast":{"title":"The Daily Punch","slug":"the-daily-punch-1373025","podcast_index_feed_id":1373025,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/daily-punch","website_url":"https://punchbowl.news/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/1ae4e08c-568c-11eb-b60f-03cfd1d66f70/image/19825ac50fa7028f20a2c32e81f7cff4.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Punchbowl News","episode_count":1517,"summary":"Weekday mornings, The Daily Punch brings you inside Capitol Hill, the White House and Washington for an unfiltered look at the key players and stakes of all major issues of the day. Power. People. Politics. Hosted by Punchbowl News founders, journalists and best-selling authors Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T08:17:51.536470+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025"},"episode":{"title":"Johnson's election-year reconciliation rush","slug":"johnson-s-election-year-reconciliation-rush","published_at":"2026-07-14T10:18:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/johnson-s-election-year-reconciliation-rush","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/BUBNW8457325192.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/BUBNW8457325192.mp3","summary":"With the political winds howling in their face, House Republicans are gearing up to send the Pentagon tens of billions of dollars in new funding for a seemingly endless Iran war that’s bottoming out in public opinion polls. Anna and Jake break down the House GOP’s reconciliation gamble. Plus, inside the Senate’s changing guards following the loss of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and a wave of looming retirements.  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","meta_description":"With the political winds howling in their face, House Republicans are gearing up to send the Pentagon tens of billions of dollars in new funding for a see…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":762,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-daily-punch-1373025/episodes/johnson-s-election-year-reconciliation-rush/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-punch-1373025/johnson-s-election-year-reconciliation-rush.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}