America Faces No Greater Threat Than Joe Biden and the Democrat Party. Their Assault to Our Borders Is As Great As Their Assault to Free Speech and Free Elections
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
JOE BIDEN - CRIMIAL OR NOT, OUR ILLEGALS ARE STILL UNREGISTERED DEMOCRAT VOTERS FOR MORE!
Dem Budget Bill Would Slash Border Protection Budget by Half Billion Dollars
Cuts proposed as southern border faces a decades-high surge of illegal immigrants
Senate Democrats are moving to slash the budget for Customs and Border Protection by half a billion dollars in the midst of an immigration crisis, putting more strain on an agency with nearly exhausted resources.
The appropriations bill, released Monday by Sen. Chris Murphy (D., Conn.), allocates just $14.5 billion to CBP for the 2022 fiscal year, down from $15 billion the year before and $80 million less than what President Joe Biden requested in his budget. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would receive $7.9 billion, a cut of $40 million from the previous year and $58 million less than what Biden asked for.
Democrats also proposed reduced funding for family detention centers, while pumping more money toward constructing new migrant processing centers along the U.S.-Mexico border. The measure indicates that Democrats don't see the surge ending anytime soon. The new processing centers, they say, will reduce migrant time in custody. The bill forbids Homeland Security Investigations, an arm of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, from enforcing immigration laws. It instead directs the agency to only focus on "the disruption of transnational crime," such as drug trafficking or money laundering.
The proposed cuts come as the southern border faces a decades-high surge of illegal immigrants attempting to enter the United States. Immigration authorities expect to report nearly two million migrant encounters at the border this fiscal year, the first time the number has exceeded one million since 2006.
"It's time for the Department of Homeland Security to make investments in what protects us, not what divides us," Murphy said in a statement. "The ineffective and inhumane border policies and political vanity projects of the Trump Administration didn't make our nation safer, and it's time to turn the page to fund policies that meet the actual threats presented to this nation."
The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
Senate Democrats in a summary of the billsaid cuts to detention centers were warranted by "lower overall detention numbers due to the pandemic and related-litigation." Between January and August, however, the number of illegal aliens detained by ICE increased by 70 percent, according to data provided by the agency.
The Senate Democrats' proposal represents another blow to an agency already frustrated by the White House's apparent lack of interest in funding border security and migrant processing measures.A senior DHS official who spoke with the Washington Free Beacon sounded the alarm on the president’s initial budget request to Congress, citing inflation and lack of manpower at CBP as challenges that need to be addressed.
"We were already going to have less money next year under Biden’s plan," the official said. "This is not a party serious about enforcing immigration law."
Dem Amnesty Would Protect Domestic Abusers, Republicans Say
Provision in budget bill would allow illegal immigrants who committed serious crimes to remain in the country
The Democratic budget reconciliation bill would protect illegal immigrants who committed crimes such as manslaughter and domestic violence from deportation and make them eligible for amnesty, according to Republican Senate offices and former immigration officials.
Immigration provisions in the legislation shield all illegal immigrants who have been in the country for at least 10 years from deportation unless they have been convicted of a "crime involving moral turpitude" (CIMT), a vague legal category of crimes that involves "intent," "vicious motive," or "culpable mental state." An analysis of the provision by Senate Republicans determined it would shield illegal immigrants with a variety of criminal backgrounds.
That analysis, which was shared with the Washington Free Beacon, listed six potential crimes, such as domestic violence and assault and battery, that courts have found do not constitute CIMTs. An appeals court found in 2009, for example, that some instances of reckless assault of a minor should not be considered a CIMT. A New York court in 2005 found that assaulting a police officer was not necessarily a CIMT because, according to the judge’s opinion, the crime might constitute "the mildest form of intentional resistance" that would not "denote moral depravity."
Under the Democratic plan, illegal immigrants would be eligible for deportation protection by the Department of Homeland Security through a provision called parole, normally assigned, according to federal law, "on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit."
The amnesty provision comes as the country is seeing a historically high number of illegal immigrants attempt to enter the country through the southern border. The provision could put many Democrats who are up for reelection and concerned about the party’s leftward lurch on social issues in a precarious position—especially at a time when a plurality of voters consistently put immigration as a top issue of concern in surveys.
Under the bill’s language, DHS would have 90 days to write specific regulations to implement the program, meaning the agency could write exemptions for crimes such as domestic violence. But critics of the provision say left-wing activist groups, such as the American Civil Liberties Union, could challenge the DHS rules in court and dramatically narrow the number of illegal immigrants who do not receive deportation protections.
"CIMTs are always messy and always developing," said former DHS adviser Jon Feere. "If this becomes law, aliens who aren’t qualifying will sue to get judges to declare that even more crimes don’t count as CIMTs."
In 1965, a federal immigration panel found that a conviction of lewd and lascivious conduct does not constitute a CIMT because the crime "does not require a specific intent and it does not appear that it is essential that the defendant have a vicious motive or corrupt mind." That same panel concluded in 1979 that a Mexican national living legally in the United States who was convicted of possessing a concealed sawed-off shotgun did not commit a CIMT. Such rulings show how much wiggle room there is in defining a CIMT.
A Republican staffer also noted that gang members could receive parole should they have a clean criminal background, even if their names appear in a police department’s database. Moreover, the staffer alleged that left-wing district attorneys may bring more lenient charges against illegal immigrants if it means protecting them from losing their amnesty. Even in cases of murder, a savvy prosecutor may consider filing lesser charges. Consider, one Senate staffer said, how a federal immigration board found in 1971 that involuntary manslaughter is not a CIMT after the federal government attempted to deport an immigrant who shot and killed someone with a gun in Alaska.
Previous attempts by Democrats to insert amnesty provisions into the budget reconciliation package have been rejected by the Senate parliamentarian, who argued that providing residency to millions of illegal immigrants is a major policy change, not just a budgetary issue. Left-wing activists have staged multiple protests demanding amnesty provisions, and Democratic Party leaders have said they will do anything in their power to ensure deportation protections are included in the final package.
The amnesty push has been met with swift condemnation by Republicans, who say it is nothing more than a desperate ploy to appease the Democratic Party's base, with the public having little knowledge of its consequences.
"Democrat amnesty proposals aren’t about justice," Rep. Darrell Issa (R., Calif.) said. "They excuse the breaking of our laws and would exonerate all including some that are domestic abusers and serious criminals."
Congressional staff who spoke with the Free Beacon under the condition of anonymity say the likelihood of blanket amnesty passing the Senate parliamentarian's scrutiny is unlikely and questioned the judgment of Democrats in swing districts supporting such a measure before the midterm elections. One senior Senate GOP aide suggested the immigration provision in the bill would become a top campaign issue for Republicans.
"Every House Democrat who votes for the reckless tax and spending spree will have to answer to their constituents next year why they voted to make their communities more dangerous by supporting amnesty for illegal immigrants who have committed crimes," the aide said. "They will be attaching a political anchor around their necks with this vote."
The Biden administration has already faced attacks from members of both parties about its failure to resolve the border crisis, with critics alleging that the reversal of former president Donald Trump’s immigration policies have created incentives for migrants from around the world to attempt to cross the border.
In a truly disturbing development, the Biden administration has declared that federal law enforcement is largely prohibited from conducting any immigration enforcement of criminal aliens near countless locations throughout the country, including near any “place where children gather” such as a playground or recreational center.
Angel Families: Biden Plan Is $450K for Illegal Aliens, $0 for American Victims
Angel Families, whose loved ones were killed by illegal aliens, say that while President Joe Biden weighs providing reparations-style payouts to border crossers, the American victims of open borders receive no compensation for the federal government’s failure to enforce federal immigration law.
Last month, reports circulated that Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) were working to settle with a number of border crossers represented by the ACLU, who claim they have suffered trauma as a result of former President Donald Trump’s “Zero Tolerance” policy that was briefly imposed in 2019.
As part of the settlement, attorneys with the DOJ, DHS, and HHS are considering a plan that would give each border crosser about $450,000 and family units about $1 million. The total cost of the payouts would reach $1 billion.
U.S. President Joe Biden stands alongside Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas after signing executive orders related to immigration in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 2, 2021. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
Angel Families with Advocates for Victims of Illegal Alien Crime (AVIAC) — including Don Rosenberg whose son Drew Rosenberg was killed by an illegal alien in 2010 and Maureen Maloney whose son Matthew Denice was killed in 2011 by an illegal alien — detail in an open letter how Biden plans to reward border crossers while American victims of open borders are ignored.
“Just when you thought Biden had reached the pinnacle of absurdity in welcoming illegal aliens into the country and refusing to deport those who once here violated our laws comes a plan to create millionaires out of over 5,000 illegal alien families,” Rosenberg and Maloney write:
On its face, none of these illegal aliens deserve anything more than a removal back to their country of origin. [Emphasis added]
Paying these families anything compared to the amount paid to our fallen soldiers and victims of 9/11 shows how completely devoid of reality this administration is. But we already knew that. [Emphasis added]
One group conspicuous in its absence is the victims of illegal alien crime. But, unlike these “mothers,” the victims of illegal alien crime weren’t breaking any laws. [Emphasis added]
Rosenberg and Maloney also hit back at the various pro-mass immigration groups representing the border crossers in the case, asking if they have ever considered the pain brought to Angel Families as a result of illegal immigration:
Trina Realmuto, executive director of the National Immigration Litigation Alliance, representing five mothers and their children, said, “No amount of money can compensate for the amount of pain and suffering these parents and children endured under this unconscionable and unprecedented policy.” [Emphasis added]
Lee Gelernt, a lead negotiator on behalf of the families and deputy director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s immigrant rights project, said, “There is no question that the Biden administration is doing the right thing by providing meaningful monetary compensation, given that the U.S. government deliberately brutalized these families, including babies and toddlers. But ultimately, the Biden administration will be judged on whether it provides a pathway for these families to remain in the United States, to allow them to once and for all try to put this trauma behind them.” [Emphasis added]
Well, Trina and Lee, what about the families who have lost a loved one FOREVER because of illegal immigration. What pain and suffering have they endured? Unfortunately, the U.S. Government, often with your organization’s help, has deliberately ignored illegal immigration resulting in tens of millions of crimes being committed against American families, including hundreds of thousands of rapes where often the victims are children and over 100,000 deaths since the last amnesty. [Emphasis added]
In two weeks, it will be eleven years since an illegal alien killed my son. Our vice-president’s son was killed over ten years ago. Our other two Board members lost their brothers twelve and ten years ago. If these payments compensate for the “psychological trauma” these families “suffered” for being separated – often of their own doing – for a few months, what does the government owe the families who have been victimized by illegal aliens, often forever? [Emphasis added]
Not only are Angel Families left to deal with the loss of their loved ones, without any financial help from the federal government, but they often struggle to sue the sanctuary jurisdictions that sometimes aid the illegal alien suspects in a case.
Former President Trump endorsed a plan, initially authored by Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), called the Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act that would give Angel Families the right to sue a sanctuary jurisdiction if it had helped shield an illegal alien suspect.
In this Feb. 18, 2017, file photo, thousands of people take part in the “Free the People Immigration March,” to protest actions taken by President Donald Trump and his administration, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)
“The United States of America should be a sanctuary for law-abiding Americans — not criminal aliens,” Trump said at his last State of the Union address in 2020.
Tillis has since reintroduced the legislation, alongside Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC), with Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Mike Lee (R-UT), Steve Daines (R-MT), Josh Hawley (R-MO), and Mike Braun (R-IN).
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here.
CALIFORNIA: LARGEST NUMBER OF ILLEGALS, LARGEST NUMBERS OF JOBLESS, AND THER LARGEST NUMBER OF HOMELESS. CAN YOU DO THE MATH ON THAT?
EMPLOYED PEOPLE IN POVERTY, COMING ECONOMIC CRISIS WILL BE CATASTROPHIC, NEW WARNINGS FROM INVESTORS
"This is how they will destroy America from within. The leftist billionaires who orchestrate these plans are wealthy. Those tasked with representing us in Congress will never be exposed to the cost of the invasion of millions of migrants. They have nothing but contempt for those of us who must endure the consequences of our communities being intruded upon by gang members, drug dealers and human traffickers. These people have no intention of becoming Americans; like the Democrats who welcome them, they have contempt for us." PATRICIA McCARTHY
Third, the Biden administration’s irresponsible actions can be seen as a way of inviting more migrants to come to the southern border. Already we have migrants showing up not just from Mexico, not just from Central and South America, but also from Central Europe, Haiti, Iran, India, and all over the world. Basically it’s a free-for-all, and some of the caravans making their way toward Texas feature Biden signs. Essentially the migrants are saying they’re responding to Biden’s open invitation. And think of the galvanizing effect on the poor people who learn that some of their earlier counterparts are now going to get more money than they have ever seen in their lives, money that would enable them to retire in many parts of the world.
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden return to the White House in Washington on Nov. 8, 2021. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Proposed payments to illegal immigrants will be determined by the Department of Justice, the White House says amid pushback from Republicans in Congress.
The Biden administration is engaged in negotiations to reach settlements in lawsuits brought by illegal aliens separated from family members during the Trump administration.
After initially appearing to deny payments to the foreign nationals were being considered, President Joe Biden on Saturday said they “deserve” compensation for what they went through.
Biden and a spokesperson for the president said his initial denials were centered on the reported number of $450,000 per person.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) will ultimately decide how much the illegal immigrants will receive, White House adviser Cedric Richmond, a former Democratic U.S. representative, said a day later.
“If the DOJ determines that it saves the taxpayers money and it rights a wrong, then they will make the determination that is necessary and I would assume if they make a determination, they’ll come up with what they think is an adequate dollar amount,” Richmond said on “Fox News Sunday.
Richmond alleged that some of the children separated from adult family members have yet to be reunited with their relatives. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for information backing up that claim.
Republicans have decried the proposal to pay illegal immigrants.
Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and 22 other GOP senators last week introduced an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 that would block taxpayer-funded settlements for illegal immigrants. They also introduced the measure as a standalone bill.
“Biden’s open border policies have reached a new crazy level. Montana families are struggling with inflation and skyrocketing costs on everything from gas to groceries because of Biden’s wasteful spending policies, and now the President wants to give hundreds of thousands of dollars to illegal immigrants. Because of Biden, our southern border has been taken over by Mexican cartels and this effort will only continue to incentivize illegal immigration making it worse. This is a gut punch to the American taxpayer,” Daines said in a statement.
Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.), with support from 146 Republican colleagues, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), around the same time introduced a measure that would bar Attorney General Merrick Garland from making settlement payments to illegal immigrants.
“Law-abiding, hardworking Americans
have seen their purchasing power
decimated by Biden’s economic policies
while he has surrendered our southern
border. Paying illegal immigrants
$450,000 apiece as an apology for
Trump’s decision to enforce our
immigration law adds insult to injury.
Congress has the power of the purse,
and that’s why we must act today to stop
this outrageous plan in its
tracks,” McClintock said in a statement.
Richmond challenged critics, saying Sunday that “we cannot with a straight face say that parents are willing to separate from a child for a dollar amount.”
“That’s just not true,” he added. “And we should not talk like that.”
Asked for more details on the proposal during Monday’s briefing in Washington, White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre referred reporters to the DOJ.
The agency, which has confirmed talks on the payments are ongoing, declined to answer several questions about the negotiations.
Nick Ciolino contributed to this report.
IMPEACH THE FUCKER!
Ted Cruz Accuses Biden Of 'Outright Lying' On Senate Floor
What possible rationale can the Biden administration have for paying out up to $450,000 to illegal immigrants? This is not the payment to families, but rather to single individuals. In some cases, the administration could end up forking over as much as $1 million—perhaps even $2 million—to illegal immigrant families who unlawfully attempted to cross the southern border.
Let’s pause to consider how bizarre and inexplicable this action seems to be. Illegals, by definition, are breaking the law. It might seem more appropriate to fine and deport them rather than to enrich them with gargantuan financial payments. I came legally to America and it took me more than a dozen years, and quite a bit of money, to secure legal status. I joked on social media that I should cut up my passport, change my name to Diego D’Souza, and show up at the southern border claiming my $450,000.
The families who lost loved ones at 9/11 got settlements that in some cases didn’t add up to what the illegals might get. Military families are typically compensated with $400,000 upon the death of a service member. Think of what $450,000 per head, and say $1 million per family, would do for poor and middle income households in this country. And let’s remember that President Joe Biden, in using taxpayer money to make these payments, is in effect taking those people’s money and handing it over to lawbreaking Mexicans.
The story about the payments broke in the Wall Street Journal about a week ago. The WSJ reported that the payments were being negotiated by Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ) as a settlement of claims on behalf of illegals separated from their families under the Trump administration. The illegals are represented by various left-wing groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the negotiations were ongoing between the DOJ and these legal organizations.
Shortly after the WSJ story, Peter Doocy of Fox News asked Biden about it. Biden described the report as “garbage” and insisted that the payments are “not going to happen.” Yet almost immediately, the ACLU put out a statement saying that “President Biden may not have been fully briefed about the actions of his very own Justice Department.”
This alone was revealing because it confirmed the impression of anyone who watched Biden’s press conference. Biden clearly seemed surprised by Doocy’s question, suggesting he had no knowledge of these payments in process. Since immigration is a controversial issue—indeed, it’s a driving force of Biden’s low approval ratings—one might expect Biden to at least be informed of decisions being carried out in his name.
Sure enough, in a couple of days Biden’s deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre issued a “clarification,” stating that Biden was “perfectly comfortable” with his DOJ settling with the illegals through their attorneys. Biden himself weighed in to back up this backtracking. Now, Biden waxed lyrical about the horrors of people being separated from their families, as if the United States had somehow gravely violated their human rights.
So far I haven’t seen much discussion of why the Biden administration might want to pay these ransoms—because that’s what they are. I can think of three reasons why Biden and his team are doing so. First, they want to repudiate the Trump policy, and this lawsuit stems from 2018 when the Trump administration temporarily separated adults and children in order to more effectively process asylum and other claims.
Let’s note that then, as now, adults often show up at the border with children who are not their own, as a ruse to be able to stay in the United States while their claims are being processed. For Biden, this is a way to feign outrage at Trump’s policies, a continuation of the indignation he expressed on the presidential campaign. The mantra here is that if Trump did it, it must be awful.
Second, the lavish settlements are a way to funnel money to left-wing legal organizations that are supportive of Biden’s ideology and his administration. Normally, we think of settlement negotiations as conducted between rival parties, say a business on the one hand, and unions on the other. But these negotiations more closely resemble two mafia families, in league with each other, that are negotiating how to get money from one to the other—money taken from a third party that’s not directly involved in the negotiations.
Third, the Biden administration’s irresponsible actions can be seen as a way of inviting more migrants to come to the southern border. Already we have migrants showing up not just from Mexico, not just from Central and South America, but also from Central Europe, Haiti, Iran, India, and all over the world. Basically it’s a free-for-all, and some of the caravans making their way toward Texas feature Biden signs. Essentially the migrants are saying they’re responding to Biden’s open invitation. And think of the galvanizing effect on the poor people who learn that some of their earlier counterparts are now going to get more money than they have ever seen in their lives, money that would enable them to retire in many parts of the world.
Yes, it’s scandalous. Yes, it’s unconscionable. Yes, it’s theft from the American taxpayer. But none of that makes the conduct of Biden or his DOJ purely irrational. Rather, Biden is doing what makes sense, not for the United States, not even in terms of justice, but only in terms of what benefits his administration, his political party, and his left-wing allies.
Views expressed in this article are the opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.
Catholic League: ‘Joe Biden Style’ Justice Makes Illegals Millionaires
Catholic League president Bill Donohue has denounced the Biden administration’s neglect of American citizens in favor of illegal immigrants.
“In the name of helping families, President Biden wants to reward many of those who broke into our country illegally by making them millionaires,” Dr. Donohue noted this weekend.
American families, on the other hand, “that are living here legally and elect to place their children in religious child care centers have to wing it on their own,” Donohue added.
In his essay, Donohue observed Biden flatly denied a plan to give hundreds of thousands of dollars to border crossers who are separated, accusing Fox News of airing “garbage.”
Later, however, Karine Jean-Pierre, Deputy White House press secretary, declared the opposite, insisting that the president was “perfectly comfortable” with the decision to give $450,000 to illegal aliens.
Border Patrol agents find a load of illegal aliens packed into the rear of an SUV in South Texas. (Photo: U.S. Border Patrol/Del Rio Sector)
Not only is Biden prepared to give huge sums of taxpayer money to illegal aliens, Donohue noted, but he is denying it to American families who want to send their children to faith-based institutions.
While Biden has asserted that every “American family deserves access to high quality, affordable child care,” Donohue called him out on this “lie.”
The Build Back Better Act explicitly denies childcare funding for religious entities, Donohue observed, citing the text of the legislation.
Under the Act, “Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Muslims and Mormons who place their children in a child care center of their faith are not entitled to any assistance,” he added.
“The bottom line is clear,” Donohue concluded. “Bust into our country illegally and you stand to become a millionaire. Put your kid in a religious child care center, and you’re on your own.”
“This is the face of social justice, Biden style,” he said.
Poll: Biden Approval Plummets to Under 38 Percent as Republicans Take Commanding 8-Point Lead in Generic Midterm Ballot
Democrat President Joe Biden’s approval rating keeps sinking, now down to 37.8 percent in the latest USA Today/Suffolk University poll. The sharp turn against the sitting president comes as Republicans take a commanding lead in the generic congressional ballot, and the public sours on Biden’s agenda.
A strong majority of 59 percent disapproves of Biden, with just 37.8 percent approving of his job performance and 3.2 percent undecided. Biden’s support crash, according to USA Today’s article accompanying the release of the polling, comes in large part because he “cratered among the independent voters who delivered his margin of victory over President Donald Trump one year ago.” Independents by a 7 to 1 margin believe Biden has done a worse job than they expected as president.
“Nearly half of those surveyed, 46%, say Biden has done a worse job as president than they expected, including 16% of those who voted for him,” USA Today’s Susan Page and Rick Rouan wrote. “Independents, by 7-1 (44%-6%), say he’s done worse, not better, than they expected.”
Republicans now have a dominant 8-point lead in the looming midterm elections as well, as 46 percent of survey respondents say they will vote for a Republican and just 38 percent say they will back a Democrat.
“If the election were today, those surveyed say, they would vote for their Republican congressional candidate over the Democratic one by 46%-38%, an advantage that would bode well for GOP hopes of gaining a majority in the House and the Senate,” Page and Rouan wrote. “In a president’s first midterm election, his party usually loses ground, and this time the GOP needs to flip just five seats in the House and one in the Senate to claim control.”
What’s more, former President Donald Trump—a Republican—now leads Biden in a hypothetical 2024 matchup.
“If the presidential election were today between Biden and Trump, 44% say, they would vote for Trump, 40% for Biden, 11% for an unnamed third-party candidate. In the election last year, Biden beat Trump 54%-47%,” Page and Rouan wrote.
This comes as a commanding majority of Americans, including a sizable number of Democrats, hope Biden does not run again in 2024.
“Nearly two-thirds of Americans, 64%, say they don’t want Biden to run for a second term in 2024. That includes 28% of Democrats,” Page and Rouan wrote.
Democrats do not have much of an out in Biden’s vice president, Kamala Harris, either, because she has an even lower approval rating—hitting just 27.8 percent.
“Vice President Kamala Harris’ approval rating is 28% – even worse than Biden’s,” Page and Rouan wrote. “The poll shows that 51% disapprove of the job she’s doing. One in five, 21%, are undecided.”
The survey of 1,000 registered voters, with a margin of error of 3.1 percent, was conducted November 3 to November 5. That means this poll was completed in the aftermath of GOP Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin’s shocking win over Democrat former Gov. Terry McAuliffe on Tuesday, a day where Republicans far outperformed expectations and history in elections from coast to coast.
The survey was also completed as House Democrats, with establishment Republican help, passed the $1.2 trillion Senate-passed “Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework” (BIF) plan, sending it to Biden’s desk for his signature. The plan had languished for 87 days since Senate passage, and barely made it through the House as Democrats could not even marshal a majority of 218 votes—getting just 215 Democrats to support it—and forcing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to rely on the 13 House Republicans who backed the bill to secure its passage.
While that bill that passed both chambers with bipartisan support does get some broad support from the public, the bigger Democrat agenda bill—called the “Build Back Better” act—fares much worse in the polling.
“Americans are closely divided on the ‘Build Back Better’ act pressed by congressional Democrats,” Page and Rouan wrote. “In the poll, 47% support the $1.85 trillion bill; 44% oppose it. The sweeping measure includes more than $500 billion in climate change and clean energy funding. It would establish pre-K for all 3- and 4-year-olds; extend the child tax credit for one year; expand Medicaid coverage in some states; add hearing coverage to Medicare; and finance affordable housing programs.”
Perhaps more importantly, though, a solid majority of 61 percent of Americans say Biden’s BBB bill will have either no impact or a negative impact on their families.
“Those surveyed are a bit more likely to say its provisions would hurt their families rather than help them, 30%-26%. Thirty-one percent say it would not have much effect,” Page and Rouan wrote of that bill that Democrats are still trying to pass.
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