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Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer.

And I'm Jake Sherman.

And welcome to the Daily Punch.

Brought to you by Punch Bowl News.

It's Wednesday, April 21st, 2021.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, the latest test for our legislative branch.

Can they get anything done on China?

Number two, will Republicans bring back earmarks in the Senate?

And number three, we held a virtual event with Senator Susan Collins. Number two, will Republicans bring back earmarks in the Senate?

And number three, we held a virtual event with Senator Susan Collins, the very important Republican from Maine last night.

We got her thoughts on infrastructure.

All right, Jake, we've got a big item this morning in Punch Bowl news talking about the one

issue where Republicans and Democrats seem to be coming together,

and that's on China. Yeah, so this is interesting, Anna. Everyone agrees that China is the

biggest geopolitical foe that the country has, right? I don't think there's any disagreement on that.

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