As Congress winds down for the fiscal year – already extended – PunchBowl news reported on insiders take on what if any legislation will be passed in the very near future and what is driving current politics:
→ 54% of all staffers believe that Democrats will eventually lift the debt limit through reconciliation.
→ 61% of Democrats believe Republicans will control the House next Congress. Just 39% of Democrats believe their party will keep the House.
→ 64% of all staffers say Democrats will keep the Senate. 43% of Republicans staffers say so, and 84% of Democratic staffers.
→ 62% of respondents believe that their bosses agree with President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from Afghanistan. 64% disagree with how it was carried out. Just 21% agree with how the withdrawal was handled.
→ 84% of senior staffers believe that the state of the economy will be the decisive issue in the 2022 midterm elections. 61% of respondents said Covid-19 would be the top issue.