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Amazon offers term time working to their employees, like Anton,

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

Hello!

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

Daddy!

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 welcome

to the Daily Punch. It's Friday, May 20th, 2022. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, we've got the latest on COVID funding and why it isn't happening.

Number two, the New York State Maps will be official today. And number three,

House Dems push Schumer on prescription drugs and insulin. All right, let's get into it on this happy Friday. Um, it's just

me this morning. So the federal government has spent trillions of dollars responding to the COVID-19

pandemic, but now with the congressional money, Spigot, looks to be running dry. Senate Republicans

blocked any action Thursday on a $48 billion bipartisan

package to help restaurants, small business, gyms, and music venues still impacted by the pandemic.

What's interesting here is only five Senate Republicans agreed to move forward with the debate on the

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