House Works on Shutdown Deal | Balance of Power: Early Edition 2/02/2026

On the early edition of Balance of Power, Bloomberg Washington Correspondent Joe Mathieu discusses the partial government shutdown in the US. On today’s show, Representative-Elect Christian Menefee of Texas, Stonecourt Capital Partner Rick Davis, Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center Visiting Democracy Fellow Jeanne Sheehan Zaino and Democratic Congressman Suhas Subramanyam.

Chapters:
00:00:00 – Balance of Power: Early Edition Begins
00:03:31 – Erik Wassen, Bloomberg News
00:07:17 – Rep.-Elect Christian Menefee (D) Texas
00:17:38 – Jeanne Sheehan Zaino & Rick Davis
00:30:32 – Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D) Virginia
00:38:23 – Norah Mulinda, Bloomberg News
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