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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 Punchwell News.

It's Monday, December 18th,

2020. Before we get into today's podcast, we have an ask in the notes section for this episode.

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All right, with that, let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, we've got the latest on the Senate Immigration and Border Security Talks.

Number two, the legislative crunch in January. And number three, the vault, a year in review.

All right, Jake, let's get to it. The top story in Washington this week is what is happening in the Senate. There was a marathon weekend of talks on border

security plus immigration that could unlock potentially billions of dollars in Ukraine aid.

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