In his address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night, President Biden spent a lot of time extolling the virtues of the three massive spending packages that have quickly become centerpieces of his agenda: the $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package, a $2 trillion infrastructure bill and a $1.8 trillion plan for child care, universal prekindergarten and more.
The first part of Biden’s agenda, his coronavirus stimulus package, has consistently garnered high approval numbers— both when it was first being considered and when it was enacted last month. A new ABC News/Washington Post poll(conducted April 18-21) has found that it’s still popular: 65 percent of Americans support it, and just 31 percent oppose it.
But what about the other two plans, which have yet to make it through Congress? Continue reading.