06/17/2025

Poll Finds GOP Budget Bill Faces Nearly 2-to-1 Opposition

Many Americans are completely unaware of its details

As Senate Republicans race to pass President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a plurality of Americans oppose the sweeping tax-and-spending legislation, with mixed opinions on specific provisions and concerns about its impact on the national debt and Medicaid, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll conducted this month.

Overall, 42 percent of Americans oppose the budget bill "changing tax, spending and Medicaid policies," compared with 23 percent who support the bill, and 34 percent who say they have no opinion. The Republican-controlled House narrowly passed the legislation in May.

Support for the bill among Republicans is higher, with 49 percent voicing support compared with 13 percent who oppose and 38 percent who say they have no opinion. Democrats strongly oppose the bill, with about three-quarters of them against it. Independents oppose it 40 percent to 17 percent, while about 4 in 10 of them have no opinion.

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