{"id":1019198,"date":"2021-11-16T10:44:22","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T15:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1019198"},"modified":"2021-11-16T10:44:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T15:44:25","slug":"support-for-infrastructure-bill-fell-8-points-in-days-before-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/support-for-infrastructure-bill-fell-8-points-in-days-before-signing\/","title":{"rendered":"Support For Infrastructure Bill Fell 8 Points In Days Before Signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsupport-for-infrastructure-bill-fell-8-points-in-days-before-signing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1019198&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Support for the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act plummeted in the days before its signing.<\/p>\n<p>A Morning Consult and Politico survey taken after the legislation was approved in the House of Representatives shows that the package now has less bipartisan support.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/playbook-pm\/2021\/11\/15\/gop-support-for-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-plummets-495103\">Politico<\/a> explained:<\/p>\n<p>Our latest POLITICO\/Morning Consult survey found 50% support overall for the legislation. That\u2019s down from 58% when Morning Consult first asked the question in mid-August, shortly after the Senate passed the bill.<\/p>\n<p>While support among Democrats (roughly 80%) and independents (45 to 50%) has remained relatively steady, there\u2019s been a striking drop among Republicans. In mid-August, 40% of Republicans supported the bill; now, just 22% do. GOP support dropped 10 points over the past two weeks, when Morning Consult surveyed voters after the House approved the bill.<\/p>\n<p>Nineteen Republicans in the Senate and 13 Republicans in the House voted for the legislation. Sens. Mitt Romney (R-UT), Rob Portman (R-OH), and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) attended the signing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/joe-biden-signs-1-2-trillion-infrastructure-bill-calls-it-truly-historic\">ceremony<\/a> on Monday, during which President Joe Biden called the law a \u201chistoric\u201d boon for the middle class.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI ran for President believing it was time to rebuild the backbone of this nation which I characterize as working people in the middle class,\u201d Biden said. \u201cThey are the ones who built the country. And to rebuild the economy from the bottom up and the middle out, this law delivers on that long overdue promise in my view. It creates better jobs for millions of Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many Republican lawmakers, however, have been critical of the legislation \u2014 and their colleagues\u2019 support for it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I will tell you, in the House, for the House Republicans who voted for this, Joe Biden and the Democrats, their agenda was on the rails. It was failing. It was on the way to going down,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cruz-hammers-republicans-who-voted-with-dems-breathed-life-into-dem-agenda-gave-joe-biden-a-political-win\">noted<\/a> Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). \u201cAnd what those Republicans did is they breathed life into it; they gave Joe Biden a political win. He\u2019ll now go across the country touting, look at this big bipartisan win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that additional momentum, unfortunately, makes it more likely that they whip their Democrats into shape and pass some multi-trillion-dollar spending bill on top of this that will include, unfortunately, trillions in new taxes. That\u2019s what the stakes are all about. I still hope it doesn\u2019t happen,\u201d Cruz added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem is the Democrats are now saying we want to go all in with this massive tax and spending bill, which is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Support for the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act plummeted in the days before its signing.A Morning Consult and Politico survey taken after the legislation was approved in the House of Representatives shows that the package now has less bipartisan support.Politico explained:Our latest POLITICO\/Morning Consult survey found 50% support overall for the legislation. That\u2019s down from 58% when Morning Consult first asked the question in mid-August, shortly after the Senate passed the bill.While support among Democrats (roughly 80%) and independents (45 to 50%) has remained relatively steady, there\u2019s been a striking drop among Republicans. In mid-August, 40% of Republicans supported the bill; now, just 22% do. GOP support dropped 10 points over the past two weeks, when Morning Consult surveyed voters after the House approved the bill.Nineteen Republicans in the Senate and 13 Republicans in the House voted for the legislation. Sens. Mitt Romney (R-UT), Rob Portman (R-OH), and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) attended the signing ceremony on Monday, during which President Joe Biden called the law a \u201chistoric\u201d boon for the middle class.\u201cI ran for President believing it was time to rebuild the backbone of this nation which I characterize as working people in the middle class,\u201d Biden said. \u201cThey are the ones who built the country. And to rebuild the economy from the bottom up and the middle out, this law delivers on that long overdue promise in my view. It creates better jobs for millions of Americans.\u201dMany Republican lawmakers, however, have been critical of the legislation \u2014 and their colleagues\u2019 support for it.\u201cAnd I will tell you, in the House, for the House Republicans who voted for this, Joe Biden and the Democrats, their agenda was on the rails. It was failing. It was on the way to going down,\u201d noted Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). \u201cAnd what those Republicans did is they breathed life into it; they gave Joe Biden a political win. He\u2019ll now go across the country touting, look at this big bipartisan win.\u201d\u201cAnd that additional momentum, unfortunately, makes it more likely that they whip their Democrats into shape and pass some multi-trillion-dollar spending bill on top of this that will include, unfortunately, trillions in new taxes. That\u2019s what the stakes are all about. I still hope it doesn\u2019t happen,\u201d Cruz added.\u201cThe problem is the Democrats are now saying we want to go all in with this massive tax and spending bill, which is going to harm American families,\u201d added Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY). \u201cPeople are going to pay higher prices. They\u2019re going to be higher taxes and, of course, we\u2019re going to see an increase in the debt.\u201dBeyond additional spending, the bill contains a provision that will force automakers to implement a tool to prevent drunk driving in all new vehicles as soon as 2026. Alex Otte \u2014 the president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving \u2014 called the legislation \u201cmonumental\u201d and the \u201csingle most important legislation\u201d in the group\u2019s history, which marks \u201cthe beginning of the end of drunk driving.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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