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Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer.

And I'm Jake Sherman.

And welcome to The Daily Punch.

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It's Wednesday, February 24th, 2021.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, we've got new details from an upcoming Joe Biden book

about the dire financial straits the Biden campaign was in

right before the New Hampshire primary. Number two,

Republicans appear to be warming to earmarks. And number three, we've got the latest on Joe Biden's

cabinet and the potential for the parliamentarian to rule about whether this $15 minimum wage

will or will not remain in the COVID relief package.

All right, Jake, new details, Joe Biden's book.

Everybody wondered about his fundraising.

It was something he always struggled with.

But our friends, John Allen and Amy Parns, are coming out with a new book that everyone

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