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Exclusive look: Thune on Fly Out Day
Senate Majority Leader John Thune joined us at our Townhouse HQ for the second installment of Punchbowl News’ Fly Out Day series.
Dems say OBBB left home energy credit intact
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The NDAA slows down in the Senate
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MAGA lawyer eyes Luttrell seat
Steinmann, a native of Houston who currently lives in The Woodlands, worked in the Justice Department in the first Trump administration.