Taxes and Spending

Posts tagged Taxes and Spending

Voters Disapprove of Repealing Clean Energy Tax Credits

We find that a majority of voters are opposed to tying together debt default and repealing clean energy tax credits, and do not want lawmakers to roll back the key climate provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act.

Timothy BresnahanApril 25, 2023Climate, Taxes and Spending, Taxes and spending, Economy

A Blueprint for “Regulatory Democracy”: Empowering the Public in the Design and Implementation of New Safeguards

Data for Progress found broad support for several of the key provisions in the Stop Corporate Capture Act.

Guest UserJune 29, 2022Taxes and Spending, Democracy, Taxes and spending, Economy, economy

Widely Supported Child Tax Credit Is Associated With Better Perceptions of the Economy and Greater Trust of Democrats

Voters trust in Democrats increases when they hear about efforts to continue the Child Tax Credit into 2022.

Devi RuiaFebruary 3, 2022Children and Families, Taxes and Spending, Taxes and spending, Economy

Corporate Crackdown Project: Voters Want to Crack Down on Corporate Crime

The second installment of DFP and the Revolving Door Project’s assessment of the Biden administration's record in key agencies.

Lew BlankDecember 16, 2021Taxes and Spending, Taxes and spending, Justice, Economy

Memo: Voters Overwhelmingly Support a Range of Policies to Cancel Student Debt

Student debt has increased dramatically in past decades and currently affects 45 million Americans, with about 4.4 million borrowers who have been making payments on student loans for more than twenty years.

Guest UserOctober 7, 2021Education, Justice, Taxes and Spending, Taxes and spending, Economy

Memo: Polling the Biden Agenda

Polling has shown that President Biden’s current legislative priorities are popular with likely voters nationally.

Guest UserSeptember 28, 2021Infrastructure, Taxes and Spending, Healthcare, Climate, Economy

Memo: Voters Support Investments in Care Infrastructure for People and the Planet

Read the full report from the Feminist Green New Deal on dataforprogress.org.

Guest UserSeptember 21, 2021Healthcare, Children and Families, Climate, Taxes and Spending, Economy

Memo: The CEPP Amplifies the Jobs Impacts of the 48C Tax Credit

Our modeling estimates that 48C could directly create 15 percent to 30 percent more jobs if paired with CEPP.

Guest UserSeptember 16, 2021Climate, Taxes and Spending, Infrastructure, Economy

Memo: Voters in 12 Key States Support the Build Back Better Agenda

Data for Progress fielded surveys in twelve states — Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin — in late August, 2021 to measure support for President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda.

Guest UserSeptember 14, 2021Taxes and Spending, State-level Polling, Climate, Economy

Memo: New York Voters Favor a Vision of Progressive Government, Support Key Statewide and Federal Progressive Priorities

In August 2021 Data for Progress surveyed 823 likely New York voters, around a number of legislative priorities. We find that voters overwhelmingly agree with a progressive worldview of state government.

Guest UserSeptember 8, 2021State-level Polling, Immigration, Healthcare, Climate, Taxes and Spending, Economy

Memo: Pandemic Preparedness Is the Most Popular Provision the HELP Committee Is Considering

We find that pandemic preparedness is both the most popular policy the HELP committee is currently considering, as well as the policy likely voters see as most important.

Guest UserSeptember 3, 2021Coronavirus, Healthcare, Taxes and Spending, Economy

Memo: Voters Support Holding Fossil Fuel Companies Accountable for Addressing Climate Change

A majority of voters support the key climate provisions being considered for a budget reconciliation proposal.

Guest UserAugust 18, 2021Climate, Taxes and Spending, Economy

Memo: Voters Support Ambitious Climate and Clean Energy Investments

After months of bipartisan negotiations (and years of claims about a forthcoming ‘Infrastructure Week’), Democrats and Republicans in Congress finally announced they had reached a deal on an infrastructure bill.

Lew BlankAugust 5, 2021Climate, Taxes and Spending, Economy

Memo: Voters See Pandemic Preparedness as Important to Include in Reconciliation — and Trust Democrats on the Issue

As part of a July survey of likely voters nationally, Data for Progress and Guarding Against Pandemics conducted further research into the attitudes towards an investment in pandemic preparedness.

Lew BlankAugust 3, 2021Healthcare, Coronavirus, Taxes and Spending, Economy

Memo: Voters Overwhelmingly Support Strengthening Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

Voters across party lines support for each of President Biden’s proposals to improve Supplemental Security Income (SSI).

Lew BlankJuly 26, 2021Taxes and Spending, Economy

Memo: Voters Support Community Ownership and Federal Investments in Advanced Nuclear Energy

In March 2021, President Biden introduced the American Jobs Plan, a landmark investment in America’s infrastructure and electricity grid.

Lew BlankJuly 23, 2021Climate, Taxes and Spending, Economy

Memo: The Occupations of Climate Ambition

We determined the occupations that would benefit most from federal climate action and built a unique data explorer.

Lew BlankJuly 20, 2021Climate, Taxes and Spending, Justice, Workers Rights, Economy

Memo: Federal Investments in Household Electrification Enjoy Bipartisan Support

As lawmakers consider passing the historic investments in our nation’s infrastructure from President Biden’s American Jobs Plan, household electrification emerges as one of the most impactful — and popular.

Guest UserJuly 20, 2021Housing, Climate, Taxes and Spending, Economy