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CBS Poll: Support For Stimulus Falls
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Feb 05, 2009 11:15pm |
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| Media | TV News - Columbia Broadcasting System CBS News |
| News Date | Friday, February 6, 2009 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Survey Finds Half The Country Backs Bill, But Support Is Down From January; Obama Seen As Working For Bipartisanship
Feb. 5, 2009
(CBS) Slightly more than half the country approves of President Obama's $800 billion-plus stimulus package, a new CBS News poll finds. But support for the bill has fallen 12 points since January, and nearly half of those surveyed do not believe it will shorten the recession.
Fifty-one percent of those surveyed support the stimulus package, while 39 percent do not. An additional ten percent don't know. Last month, 63 percent supported the package and just 24 percent opposed it.
Americans believe the president is following through on his promise to establish greater bipartisanship in Washington: The public overwhelmingly thinks Obama is reaching out to Congressional Republicans, with 81 percent saying he is doing so.
Americans do not believe that Congressional Democrats and Republicans are following suit, however: Only 49 percent believe that Congressional Democrats are striving for bipartisanship, and just 41 percent say Congressional Republicans are seeking bipartisanship. |
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