Congress is stalemated as Democrats fight $57 billion in spending cuts Republicans want to make in the federal budget for 2011, but most voters continue to believe that even the proposed GOP cuts won’t make a significant dent in the deficit.
"My spouse and I have been looking to buy a business for some time. We've found a good local business with a great location and lots of existing customers.
I am reluctant to join the chorus of scolds who chide Republicans for opposing Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to put a tax-increase extension on a special election ballot in June.
The Rasmussen Employment Index made a modest gain in January to reach 77.2.
Republicans now hold a six-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending February 27, 2011.
For the first time in nearly two years, more voters would vote for a candidate who promises to raise taxes only on the wealthy than one who promises to oppose all tax increases.
Economic confidence among small business owners remained steady in February, as the monthly Discover(R) Small Business Watch(SM) index dipped slightly from 91.0 in January to 90.2. Although a few more small business owners said the overall economy is getting better, a rise in cash flow issues kept confidence flat.
Americans are divided about whether the unemployment rate is going to head up or down over the coming year.
As Republicans and Democrats in Congress haggle over the budget, most voters would rather have a partial shutdown of the federal government than keep its spending at current levels.
It's a question that puzzles most liberals and bothers some conservatives. Why are so many modest-income white voters rejecting the Obama Democrats' policies of economic redistribution and embracing the small-government policies of the tea party movement?
Most voters still want to see the national health care law repealed, and confidence that repeal will actually happen is on the upswing. Belief that repeal will be good for the economy, however, has fallen to its lowest level ever.
Most Americans feel public schools are a good investment for taxpayers but also agree that the quality of public school education has gone down in recent years.
In 2008, 56 percent of Wisconsin voters supported Barack Obama for president. In 2009, Wisconsin's Democratic governor and Democratic Legislature passed legislation that raised taxes and fees by about $1.2 billion over three years. State lawmakers approved the bill on the very day it was introduced, with no public hearing. Remember that.
Americans overwhelmingly believe the current political unrest in the Arab world will make them pay a lot more at the pump.
Wisconsin and Libya. Angry protesters are in the streets. Here at home they’re exercising their democratic rights in a budget battle; over there, they’re being shot down for seeking democratic rights in real battles.
Voters still are inclined to think President Obama can do a better job when it comes to the economy.
Americans continue to believe strongly that being a teacher is an essential job, but a plurality thinks it’s a bad thing that most teachers are unionized.
The public school teachers in Wisconsin are not responsible for the credit collapse, the national unemployment rate, the fall of the industrial sector or the fiscal crisis.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Call me Sutter. Sutter Brown. California's first dog, the shortest, cuddliest member of Gov. Jerry Brown's and Anne Brown's nuclear family.
Though a plurality still gives Congress a poor grade, voters are showing slightly less negativity towards the legislators than they have in several years.
