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Mix of paid holiday and unpaid time off. Conditions apply. 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 Monday, December 6th,

2021. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, we've got a look at Senator Bob Dole's legacy. Number two, the latest results from the

canvas. And number three, what's on tap for a very busy week in Congress? All right, Jake,

let's start with the number one story of the morning over the

weekend. Former Senator Bob Dole passed away. Of course, he's a Republican from Kansas, a World

War II veteran who served in Congress from 1961 to 1996. He died at the age of 98 yesterday. Yeah, a former Senate majority leader and a,

not only a presidential candidate, but a vice presidential candidate in 1976, presidential

candidate in 1996. Yeah, I mean, just a legendary person. You don't, I guess I would say, Anna, that they don't really make people like Bob Dole anymore, right?

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