Most oppose GOP policy bill: Survey

More than half of voters oppose the domestic policy bill that President Trump has pushed Republicans in Congress to pass by July 4, according to a poll released Wednesday.

Quinnipiac University’s national survey found less than a third of registered voters surveyed support Trump’s agenda-setting One Big Beautiful Bill Act, while 53 percent oppose the legislation. Twenty percent have no opinion on the megabill.

The bill was overwhelmingly opposed by Democrats (89 percent) and independents (57 percent), while two-thirds of Republicans said they support the bill.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes major cost-cutting reforms to Medicaid that experts say will lead to millions of people losing coverage by 2034. It would force states to implement new work requirements for Medicaid recipients, but supporters of the bill say that will mostly affect people who entered the U.S. illegally and “able-bodied” adults who should be working.

The Quinnipiac poll found overwhelming support for Medicaid, though, as 87 percent of respondents said they oppose cuts to the health care program. Just 10 percent said federal Medicaid spending should be cut, while 47 percent said funding should be increased and 40 percent said it should stay the same.

“With Medicaid’s future as a health care safety net for millions suddenly uncertain, voters make it clear they want the 60-year-old program for those in need to be handled with care,” Quinnipiac polling analyst Tim Malloy said.

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Twenty-one percent of Republicans surveyed said they think federal funding for Medicaid should increase, 56 percent said it should stay about the same, and 18 percent said it should be cut.

Nearly 70 percent of Democrats and 47 percent of independents surveyed think federal funding for Medicaid should increase, while 2 percent of Democrats and 11 percent of independents think it should decrease.

The Big Beautiful Bill ACT narrowly passed the House last month and is under review in the Senate, where some Republicans have argued that it doesn’t cut federal spending enough.