By a massive 30-point margin, Americans say Republicans' protracted battle earlier this month to elect a new House speaker is a sign that 'Congress is dysfunctional' (55%) rather than 'functioning as intended' (25%), according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll.
The US Treasury Department building is seen in Washington, DC, January 19, 2023, following an announcement by the US Treasury that it had begun taking measures Thursday to prevent a default on government debt, as Congress heads towards a high-stakes clash between Democrats and Republicans over raising the borrowing limit.
Yet conservative House Republicans — newly emboldened by their success in prolonging the speaker battle and by promises that the eventual winner, Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California,— are demanding steep budget cuts in exchange for letting the government pay off its past debts. In contrast, the Biden administration says it won't negotiate and is insisting instead on a"clean" increase of the sort that Republicans approved three times while Donald Trump was president.
And while a majority of Republicans do favor cutting aid to Ukraine , the share who want to slash spending on the military , Social Security or Medicare is about as minuscule as it is among Americans as a whole. And meanwhile, about one-third of Americans say they’re “not sure” how to respond to any questions about the debt limit — suggesting that opposition to the GOP’s hardball tactics has further room to grow if the U.S. does default and economists’ worst predictions come to pass.
At the same time, sizable pluralities of Americans oppose many of the reported concessions that the Californian made to “persuade holdouts in his own party,” including giving the anti-McCarthy holdouts seats on powerful committees ; allowing any one member to force votes on an unlimited number of amendments to spending bills ; and allowing any one member to force a vote to remove the speaker at any time .
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