Washington walking fiscal tightrope

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : McConnell has argued that Democrats should pass a debt-limit extension with the same budgetary methods that they are using to try to pass Biden's $3.5 trillion effort to expand social safety net programs and address climate change.
47% : "I believe when Congress legislates expenditures and puts in place tax policy that determines taxes, those are the crucial decisions Congress is making," Yellen said.
35% : Sinema focuses her questions on taxes, including the increased corporate rate that some in the business community argue could make the US less competitive overseas, and the individual rate, which others warn could snare small business owners.

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