Despite Republicans’ efforts to brand the spending proposals as debt-ballooning boondoggles and harmful tax hikes, Biden’s bid so far appears to be paying off.
Key lawmakers are calling for a narrower infrastructure proposal, and others have already balked at the possible tax hikes in the yet-to-be-revealed families plan.
The president’s Covid response won 69% approval in NBC’s national survey, compared with 27% who disapprove.
It has a credibility interval — described as a measure of the poll’s precision — of 2 percentage points for the full sample, Reuters said.
Polls show Americans still see the coronavirus as one of the most pressing issues facing the country.
Biden stressed from the start that his administration’s ability to fight Covid depended on the passage of the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, dubbed the American Rescue Plan.
The legislation included several sweeping spending measures, including sending direct payments of $1,400 to most U.S.
Asked in the Post-ABC poll about the stimulus package itself, 65% of respondents said they supported it, versus 31% who opposed it.
The package would fund a range of projects that go far beyond merely repairing roads, bridges, ports and other structures that some refer to as “traditional” transportation infrastructure.
A group of GOP senators last week put forward a counteroffer that costs less than one-third of Biden’s proposal.