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CBS News: 83 Percent of Americans Support More COVID-19 Relief From Congress

February 10, 2021
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Five days after House Republicans voted in lockstep to block COVID-19 relief aid backed by economists from both sides of the aisle, CBS News released new data showing a bipartisan majority of 83 percent of Americans support passing new COVID-19 relief.

This week, a survey from the Federal Reserve found that 9 million small business owners fear their businesses won't survive the pandemic without more government relief – relief House Republicans are fighting to block.

The new CBS News survey shows that despite Minority Leader McCarthy's hope that millions of Americans will remain unemployed, a bipartisan majority of Americans want Congress to pass critical COVID-19 relief.

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Large bipartisan majority of Americans favor more COVID economic relief

February 10, 2021

By: Fred Backus, Jennifer De Pinto, Anthony Salvanto

A very large and bipartisan majority of Americans would support congressional passage of a new stimulus bill to help those impacted by the pandemic, and many would prefer that it receive bipartisan support in Congress, too. Meanwhile, a majority give President Joe Biden good marks for his handling of the coronavirus outbreak, and for his job as president overall in the opening weeks of his administration.

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Large majorities of Democrats, Republicans, and independents, as well as Americans of all income levels would approve of a COVID relief package.

Large majorities of Democrats, Republicans, and independents, as well as Americans of all income levels would approve of a COVID relief package.

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