Over 4 in 10 Americans Oppose 'Big Beautiful Bill' As Senate GOP Races To Pass Sweeping Legislation

Over 4 in 10 Americans oppose the GOP's pillar "big, beautiful bill" as most of the Party and President Donald Trump race to pass the sweeping tax-and-spending legislation in the Senate.

The scenario is illustrated by a Washington Post-Ipsos poll that surveyed 1,167 U.S. adults between June 6-10. Results have a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points.

According to the survey, 42% of Americans oppose the budget bill "changing tax, spending and Medicaid policies," compared with 23% of Americans who support the bill and 34% who say they have no opinion.

Support for the sweeping bill remains deeply partisan, the poll suggests. 49% of Republicans say they support the bill compared to 13% who oppose, and 38% who say they have no opinion on it. Conversely, 74% of Democrats say they oppose the bill, with only 6% supporting it, and 19% having no opinion. Independents also oppose it 40% to 17%, while about 4 in 10 independents have no opinion on the bill.

However, specific aspects of the bill— which includes tax cuts, increased spending on border security, cuts to spending on social safety net programs such as Medicaid and rollbacks on spending to curb climate change— receive mixed opinions, ranging from very popular to very unpopular.

A clear majority of Americans (72%) support increasing the child tax credit from $2,000 to $2,500 and 65% support eliminating taxes on earnings from tips. But two thirds of Americans broadly oppose cutting federal funding for food assistance to low-income households compared to 23% who support this, 61% oppose spending $45 billion on migrant detention centers compared to 24.

Another 51% oppose ending tax breaks for producing solar, wind and geothermal energy compared to 31% who support it; and 52% are against spending roughly $50 billion to complete a wall in the U.S.-Mexico border compared to 36%.

Further, most Americans agree on new work requirements, with a 52% majority saying they support requiring low-income childless adults to prove they are working or disabled to get health insurance through Medicaid, compared with 33% who oppose, The Washington Post reported. But they are less comfortable with the prospect of people losing coverage under tighter eligibility rules: 44% say it's unacceptable for about 8 million people to lose health insurance as a result of these requirements as well as more frequent eligibility verification and state restrictions, while 32% say this is acceptable.

The poll comes as the Senate Finance Committee unveiled its portion of the bill Monday, containing provisions on Medicaid, taxes and green energy tax credits. The committee's text is the final piece of the upper chamber's version of the bill to be released, and was the most highly anticipated.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune can afford to lose only three Republican senators when the bill heads to the floor. Right now, there are not three Senators who are explicitly stating that they'll vote against the package, but there are at least that many who are raising very serious concerns about the bill, calling into question whether the massive package will have the support it needs to pass the Senate.