Half of Americans believe the government is doing too much that should be left to individuals and businesses in the U.S. Meanwhile, 45% — up from 41% in 2016 and an average of 39% during the eight years of Barack Obama’s presidency — want government to take a greater role […] Read more »
Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway sells polling company to conservative PR firm
Kellyanne Conway, the special counselor to President Trump, has sold her consulting firm to a conservative public relations firm, CRC Public Relations. CONT. Heidi Przybyla, USA Today Read more »
Can the Republican Party Keep Its Coalition Together?
Donald Trump and the Republican Congress this week are straining every fraying seam in their party’s coalition. In just days, Trump’s White House has advanced aggressively nationalistic initiatives on trade and immigration, while also starting an incendiary fight with protesting NFL players. Each of these confrontations has energized elements of […] Read more »
More Americans favor raising than lowering tax rates on corporations, higher-income households
As the congressional debate over President Donald Trump’s tax overhaul begins, more Americans say tax rates on corporations and higher-income households should be raised rather than lowered. CONT. Hannah Fingerhut, Pew Read more »
Who thinks businesses pay too much in taxes? Wealthy Trump supporters.
President Trump always wanted to move faster on tax reform. Early in his presidency, he expressed frustration at having to spend time on trying to overhaul the Affordable Care Act, promising his supporters at one point that, once health care was out of the way, they could move on to […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Low marks for Trump on health care, taxes — higher on economy
Taxes and health care. Both are top priorities in Washington — and both are issues where voters give President Trump some of his worst job ratings. Even so, if Republicans fail to fulfill their promise of replacing ObamaCare, few would blame the president. That’s according to a Fox News poll […] Read more »