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The government will shut down on Friday and everything is completely stuck. Plus, Congress is eyeing a delay in the Mayorkas impeachment trial. And Hunter Biden will go to the Hill to testify Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and a delegation of Democratic senators arrived in Lviv, Ukraine, early this morning. He spoke to us before leaving on the journey. Plus: tensions are flaring between the CHC and the White House over the border. 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 talk about the conundrum Congress finds itself in with just one week before a partial government shutdown. Plus: James Biden offers no smoking gun to House Republicans. 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 at the House Republican Elected Leadership Committee retreat in Miami. Plus, James Biden heads to Capitol Hill today to testify before the House Oversight and Judiciary panels. 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 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? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 free Punchbowl News AM newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices