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Max Cohen

Congressional Reporter
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Max has covered Congress for Punchbowl News since 2021. Max helms Punchbowl News’ election coverage and is the lead author of The Tally, Punchbowl News’ campaign newsletter. Max has reported on House Republican investigations into the Biden Administration in addition to daily developments from House Democrats and Republicans. Max recently started covering the Senate for Punchbowl News and will be tracking how the new Congress tackles nominations and confirmations. Max is a Chevy Chase, Md., native and graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.

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Schumer, Jeffries to Trump: We need you to help end shutdown
Senate Democrats, led by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, are going back to a previous tactic to break the shutdown impasse: Appealing directly to President Donald Trump.
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King’s case for Dems to back GOP CR
As the shutdown stretches on, we thought we’d check in with Sen. Angus King (I-Maine).
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Democrats narrowly winning shutdown fight
House Democratic leaders presented polling this afternoon that showed voters narrowly blame Republicans and President Donald Trump more than Democrats for the government shutdown.
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DSCC outraise NRSC in Q3
The DSCC raised more than the NRSC both in September and for the entire third-quarter.
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How health care is already dominating 2026 Senate fight
Health care is already playing a huge role in the 2026 Senate landscape. And it’s only going to get larger.
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