's $1.7 trillion Build Back Better"human infrastructure" legislation, a sizable chunk of GOP voters say they support the bill.
New polling released Thursday by Data for Progress showed that 42 percent of Republican voters"somewhat" or"strongly" support the large social and climate spending package. Overall, 64 percent of Americans support the package, with majorities ofSome of the specific provisions of the legislation are even supported by a majority of GOP voters.
Many Republicans also say they support some of the ways the bill could be paid for. A majority of GOP voters approve of a 15 percent tax on profits that U.S. corporations make overseas. Fifty-three percent support raising income taxes for those who earn more than $10 million a year. Forty-two percent of Republican voters"somewhat" or"strongly" support President Joe Biden's sweeping social and climate spending package, polling shows. Above, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi talks about the Build Back Better Act during her weekly press conference on Thursday.for the longest speech in House history overnight in an effort to slow passage of the Build Back Better legislation.
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