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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 Thursday, May 6th,

2021. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, we're

launching the canvas. Our first anonymous survey of Senior Capitol Hill staff, and we've got some

interesting results. Number two, the latest on funding security improvements in the Capitol.

And number three, where things stand for Liz Cheney?

All right, Jake, we're super excited about this new product that we are launching today called the Canvas.

Basically, a look behind the curtain on Capitol Hill.

We often talk about members of Congress,

but the staff really have an outsized view of power

because they do so much, and we wanted to get at that with this product.

Yeah, that's right.

So, I mean, not only do they have a lot of power,

but in many cases they're making the decisions, right? I mean, members of Congress have a lot of issues on their plate, a lot of, you know, just a lot going on at all times. But their staff is just all over everything. I mean, they have staff that just, that are, that are

hardworking, and they're the gatekeepers, frankly, right? So issues don't even reach

some members of Congress unless their staff is, um, uh, lets it in, right? So, so I would,

this is an important product for us because it really gets at the pulse of many of the decision makers on Capitol Hill and Anna, you and I have been in this business a long time.

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