The Big Four and the DHS shutdown

The Daily Punch

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🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Congress is once again in a crisis with funding for DHS set to run out in a week and no solution in sight. Anna and Jake break down the political dynamics over ICE reforms. Plus, the latest out of New Jersey’s high-stakes Democratic primary. And what Rep. Anna Paulina Luna told us on Fly Out Day. Watch this episode on YouTube here! Punchbowl News is on YouTube⁠. ⁠Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to our channel today to see all the new ways⁠⁠ ⁠we’re investing in video.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter at punchbowl.news.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Presented by Electronic Payments Coalition. Community banks and credit unions know the truth.
0:07.0	The Durban Marshall credit card bill's so-called exemptions do not work, and the radical Durbin Marshall
0:12.0	price controls would hurt Main Street. After similar mandates were put on your debit card, fraud
0:17.2	attempts soared 17-fold, and research shows the mandates devastate credit access for working families.
0:23.7	That's why community banks and credit unions in all 50 states are opposed.
0:39.2	Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer.
0:40.4	And I'm Jake Sherman.
0:43.0	And welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by PunchPull News.
0:46.6	It's Friday, February 6th, 24. Let's get in the mix.
0:48.8	Here are your Washington headlines of the day.
0:50.3	Number one, we've got a leader look.
0:51.5	What's next on DHS?
0:53.0	Number two, the tally.
0:55.0	What's happening in New Jersey and Virginia?
0:59.5	And number three, what Anna Polina Luna told us on flyout day.
1:00.9	All right, Jake, let's get into it.
1:04.2	We have a jam-packed Friday edition this morning.
1:09.6	Topping the newsletter is a look at the different incentives on DHS funding and how we are once again in a very tough situation
1:13.7	here in Washington with Republicans and Democrats
1:16.7	retreating to their corners.
1:18.5	Are we up for another kind of situation
1:21.6	where we have a shutdown,
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