The Republicans in the entire House of Representatives opposed Biden’s $1.7 trillion bill, but 42% of Republican voters supported it

Although the entire House Republican meeting opposes the president Joe BidenA considerable number of Republican voters said they support the bill.

A new poll released by Data for Progress on Thursday showed that 42% of Republican voters “to some extent” or “strongly” support large-scale social and climate spending plans.Overall, 64% of Americans support the package, most of which Democratic Party (87%) and independents (63%) said they support the “Rebuild Better” plan.

Some specific provisions of the legislation have even won the support of the majority of Republican voters. For example, 62% Republicans Said they support the provision of “150 billion U.S. dollars to improve the quality of long-term care for the elderly and the disabled and increase their access to long-term care.” In addition, 55% of Republican voters said they agreed to “$35 billion to expand medical insurance coverage to include hearing coverage.”

Many Republicans also said that they support certain ways of paying for the bill. The majority (56%) of Republican voters agreed to impose a 15% tax on U.S. companies’ overseas profits. 53% of people support raising income taxes for people with an annual income of more than 10 million U.S. dollars.

At the same time, the minority leader of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy Break the record The longest speech in the history of the House of Representatives overnight in an effort to slow the passage of “rebuild better” legislation. Although McCarthy successfully postponed the vote-all House Republicans are expected to oppose the bill-Democrats will pass the bill on Friday following a partisan line.

“Every page of the Democratic Socialist Spending Scam will be paid for or borrowed by you: hardworking American taxpayers,” a California Republican tweeted Thursday night. “This is the most reckless and irresponsible spending bill in our country’s history.”

According to estimates released by the Non-Party Congressional Budget Office on Thursday, McCarthy’s assessment is not entirely accurate. The analysis found that the bill includes sufficient provisions to cover legislative costs to a large extent.Although CBO analysis It does show that the spending plan will increase the deficit by more than $360 billion in the next ten years, but it does not include the increase in revenue from the IRS’s strengthening of tax law enforcement, and the Democratic Party also includes it.

Republicans also believe that the spending bill Will increase inflation, This is still a serious problem for the economy. However, top bond rating agencies Moody’s and Fitch Ratings told Reuters this week that they believe Biden’s package will not further increase inflation. The president touted their analysis in a tweet on Thursday.

“The two major Wall Street rating agencies said yesterday that the “Rebuild Better Act” will not add inflationary pressure to the economy,” Biden wrote. “On the contrary, it will create jobs and help ease inflation.”