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Amazon offers term time working to their employees, like Anton,

who's home to look after his daughters during their holidays.

Hello!

To him, this is the best sound in the world.

Daddy!

Actually, maybe that's the best sound of all.

Now that's term time working.

Offered at Amazon. 10 weeks off guaranteed per year.

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 Punchable News. It's Thursday,

December 9th, 2021. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, we've got the latest on where Republicans are on the debt limit. Number two,

a peek into the GOP race to head up the powerful Ways and Means Committee. And number three,

Block, formerly known as Square, is doubling down in Washington, what that means for

the crypto space.

All right, Jake, let's get into it.

We are continuing to cover the biggest story of the week, how Congress is going to raise

the debt limit.

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