{"id":2129,"date":"2017-11-29T14:48:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T14:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/29\/poll-voter-opposition-increases-as-people-learn-whos-hurt-by-the-republican-tax-bill\/"},"modified":"2017-11-29T14:48:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T14:48:00","slug":"poll-voter-opposition-increases-as-people-learn-whos-hurt-by-the-republican-tax-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/poll-voter-opposition-increases-as-people-learn-whos-hurt-by-the-republican-tax-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Voter Opposition Increases As People Learn Who\u2019s Hurt By The Republican Tax Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A new poll released this morning shows that the Republican tax plan is getting even more unpopular: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Republican voter support for the House-passed tax plan has <strong>dropped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/11\/29\/poll-gop-voter-support-house-tax-plan-267884\">7 points<\/a><\/strong> in the past week alone.<\/li>\n<li>Support for the House plan among registered voters dropped to <strong>only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/11\/29\/poll-gop-voter-support-house-tax-plan-267884\">36%<\/a><\/strong> in the past week alone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>It&rsquo;s clear why Senate Republicans are working so hard to force a vote on their own tax bill &ndash; they don&rsquo;t want the public to know what&rsquo;s in it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/powerpost\/despite-skeptical-public-gop-pushing-ahead-on-tax-cut-plan\/2017\/11\/25\/d81ddd7c-d145-11e7-81bc-c55a220c8cbe_story.html?utm_term=.26db097e014f\">Washington Post<\/a>: &ldquo;<strong>Republicans are pushing full steam ahead on their tax cut plan, despite polling that shows more Americans oppose rather than support the sweeping proposal<\/strong> to reduce corporate rates and some individual tax bills.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arappeport\/status\/935280166925893633\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senator Hatch<\/a>: &ldquo;Hatch says&nbsp;changes to tax bill probably <strong>won&rsquo;t be public<\/strong>&nbsp;until they are made on the floor.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/business\/wp\/2017\/11\/26\/gop-leaders-in-advanced-talks-to-change-tax-plan-in-bid-to-win-over-holdouts\/?utm_term=.b54f7ddb5828\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Post<\/a>: &ldquo;They are trying to rush the tax bill through Congress and into law in part to make up for months of failed legislative efforts.&nbsp;<strong>Republicans haven&rsquo;t held any hearings with outside experts<\/strong>&nbsp;to solicit input on the broad impacts of the legislation aside from testimony by Thomas Barthold, chief of staff at the Joint Committee on Taxation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/usa-tax\/u-s-senate-tax-drama-intensifies-as-bill-faces-key-panel-vote-idUSL1N1NY034\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a>: &ldquo;But the&nbsp;nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation is <strong>not expected to release a full macroeconomic analysis<\/strong> of the tax bill ahead of a Senate vote.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Una nueva encuesta publicada esta ma&ntilde;ana muestra que el plan tributario de los republicanos se est&aacute; haciendo a&uacute;n m&aacute;s impopular:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>El apoyo de los votantes republicanos al plan de impuestos aprobado por la C&aacute;mara de Representantes <strong>ha<\/strong> <strong>ca&iacute;do <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/11\/29\/poll-gop-voter-support-house-tax-plan-267884\"><strong>7 puntos<\/strong><\/a> tan s&oacute;lo en la &uacute;ltima semana.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>El apoyo del plan de la C&aacute;mara de Representantes entre los votantes disminuy&oacute;<strong> a<\/strong> <strong>s&oacute;lo<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/11\/29\/poll-gop-voter-support-house-tax-plan-267884\"><strong>36%<\/strong><\/a> tan s&oacute;lo en la &uacute;ltima semana.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Queda claro por qu&eacute; los senadores republicanos quieren &nbsp;forzar la votaci&oacute;n de su proyecto: porque no quieren que el p&uacute;blico conozca los detalles. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/powerpost\/despite-skeptical-public-gop-pushing-ahead-on-tax-cut-plan\/2017\/11\/25\/d81ddd7c-d145-11e7-81bc-c55a220c8cbe_story.html?utm_term=.26db097e014f\">Washington Post<\/a>: &#8220;<strong>Los republicanos est&aacute;n empujando a toda m&aacute;quina su plan de reducci&oacute;n de impuestos, a pesar de las encuestas que muestran que m&aacute;s estadounidenses se oponen en lugar de apoyar la propuesta<\/strong> de reducir las tasas corporativas y algunos impuestos individuales&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arappeport\/status\/935280166925893633\">Senador Hatch<\/a>: &#8220;Hatch dice que los cambios en la ley de impuestos probablemente <strong>no ser&aacute;n p&uacute;blicos<\/strong> hasta que se hagan en el piso del Senado&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/business\/wp\/2017\/11\/26\/gop-leaders-in-advanced-talks-to-change-tax-plan-in-bid-to-win-over-holdouts\/?utm_term=.b54f7ddb5828\">Washington Post<\/a>: &ldquo;Est&aacute;n tratando de apresurar la votaci&oacute;n del proyecto para convertirlo en ley y compensar meses de esfuerzos legislativos fallidos. <strong>Los republicanos no han sostenido audiencias con expertos<\/strong> externos para discutir los impactos m&aacute;s amplios de la legislaci&oacute;n, aparte del testimonio de Thomas Barthold, jefe de personal del Comit&eacute; Conjunto Tributario&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-tax\/senate-tax-drama-intensifies-as-bill-faces-key-panel-vote-idUSKBN1DS197\">Reuters<\/a>: &ldquo;Sin embargo, <strong>no se espera que el Comit&eacute; Conjunto Tributario d&eacute; a conocer un an&aacute;lisis macroecon&oacute;mico<\/strong> completo del proyecto tributario antes del voto del Senado&rdquo;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new poll released this morning shows that the Republican tax plan is getting even more unpopular: Republican voter support for the House-passed tax plan has dropped 7 points in the past week alone. Support for the House plan among registered voters dropped to only 36% in the past week alone. 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