President Joe Biden is losing support for his muted demands for increased spending and debt to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who has called for spending cuts.
In an unusual survey of 87 congressional districts, Biden won by 5 points. Half opposed the president’s plan.
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Worse for Biden, 51% will blame him if a compromise isn’t found with McCarthy. The elusive president has so far refused to negotiate with the speaker, according to the survey commissioned by the center-right American Action Network.
“Speaker McCarthy and the new House majority are on the right side of the debt ceiling battle, listening to what the majority of Americans want and working in good faith to reach an agreement that will responsibly raise the debt ceiling while cutting government spending,” said AAN President Dan Conston in releasing the survey.
While in today’s politics, a 5-point victory is considered sizable, the pollster considered the 87 districts battlegrounds and key to a reelection campaign and impactful on the administration’s handling of the debt talks.
At issue is the debate to either raise the debt ceiling or cut spending to avoid defaulting on government overspending and borrowing.
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AAN, which takes a hard line on spending, said in the information shared with Secrets on Tuesday, “Majorities agree with Speaker McCarthy and Republicans’ in Congress proposed savings in exchange for raising the debt ceiling, like reclaiming unspent COVID relief funds, reforming energy permitting.”
The full memo is below.
