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

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

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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. Friday, March 18th, 2021. Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, we've got the details on what's happening at the House GOP retreat. Number two,

the latest on punishing Russia. And number three, a new spot by Katie Britt, Senator Shelby's

former chief of staff who's running to replace him.

All right, Jake, you tee it up.

I think you've got a little bit of a mea culpa this morning.

Yeah, I guess it's a mea culpa for sure.

Yesterday, I think people thought we were a bit glib about the increase in the MRA, the office budgets.

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