Most Americans approve of how President Joe Biden is handling infrastructure and there is strong bipartisan support to include road, bridge, and port improvement and clean drinking water to the infrastructure bill being considered in Congress. Funding eldercare and affordable housing are also popular with the public but these features were dropped from the legislation during the White House’s negotiations with a bipartisan group of senators.
Seventy-one percent say the economy and jobs should be viewed as high priority by Washington, and 59% say the same about improving infrastructure. Most Americans support financing infrastructure improvements by raising taxes on corporations and individuals with income over $400,000. CONTINUED
AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research
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