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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 Bull News. It's Friday, February 16th,

2024. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one,

House Republicans are divided on how to move forward on government funding. Number two, the latest on foreign aid and the border. And number three, the Munich

security kicks off. All right, Jake, let's get into it. We have a very juicy top for Punchable

news. A.M. looking at surprise, surprise to no one, House Republicans divided over how they should

be moving forward on government funding, which is coming into focus as Congress and the

House members headed a way out for a recess to return with just three days

to figure out how they are going to fund the government.

Yeah, this is simple.

This is we, they don't, they don't have any problem with funding.

So it's like, cool.

It's like they'll be able to figure it out in three days.

Not at all, actually.

So let's set the stage here. The House is out until

February 28th. It's February 16th today, as you noted at the top. And they're going to have to

figure out a way to fund the government. Remember, the entire premise, Anna, of the Johnson and

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