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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 Tuesday, February 8th, 2022. Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

We've got news on the congressional retreats. Number two, what Kevin McCarthy thinks about congressional

staff unionizing. And number three, the latest on keeping the government funded. All right, Jake,

let's get to what we are leading Punchball News a.m. with some news about the

GOP and Democratic congressional retreats. Yeah, that's right. So a few things to point out here.

Number one, the House Democrats have invited Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, the president and

vice president to speak at their annual retreat March 9 through 11 in Philadelphia.

The president, though, has not committed to going yet.

This is something that we had been talking to people in the Democratic leadership about and

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