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Good morning.

I'm Anna Palmer.

And I'm Jake Sherman.

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It's Thursday, January 5th, 2022.

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

Number one, we've got the latest on negotiations between Kevin McCarthy and the 20 holdouts in his

bid to become speaker. Number two, McCarthy's strategy, where things are going next. And number three,

Punch Bowl News is going to CES. All right, Jake,

let's get into it. It feels a little bit like Groundhogs Day here. But we are once again talking about

the top story of Kevin McCarthy and his bid to become speaker, not a lot of movement yesterday,

certainly during the day.

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