Voters believe Washington needs to stop spending money it doesn’t have, and their frustration doesn’t end there. According to Resurgent Republic’s most recent survey, voters say the economy (61 percent) and the federal government’s finances (67 percent) have gotten worse on President Obama’s watch. Overall, 70 percent of voters say the country is on the wrong track, including 77 percent of Independents.
7:13 PM 05/11/2011
In his remarks to the Economic Club of New York this week, Speaker John Boehner echoed strong voter sentiment in calling for real spending cuts and budgetary reforms to accompany any debt limit increase.
9:21 AM 02/17/2011
In February 2009, President Barack Obama signed into law his $787 billion stimulus, which he lauded as “the most sweeping economic recovery package in our history.” Two years later, the government’s stimulus spending has failed to win the future, and public opinion has responded accordingly.
