Analysis | How Biden's budget tries to insulate Democrats in the midterms

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : He's following up on that in his budget, where he wants to spend $30 billion to help federal law enforcement like the FBI fight crime and help local police departments expand their ranks.
50% : Republicans are normally the ones who champion increases in defense spending (at least compared to nondefense spending).
49% : He wants to raise defense spending, make a run at cutting the deficit, emphasize public safety, and invest in services for veterans and addressing the opioid crisis.
37% : Cutting the deficit is an economically astute thing to do if you are worried about inflation, since more government spending can make inflation worse, said Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
36% : Are Democrats and Republicans willing to raise taxes to do it?
34% : The question Biden left unanswered in his budget, she added, is how he's going to pay for more military spending if he also wants to knock down the deficit.
23% : Government spending skyrocketed as both Biden and former president Donald Trump authorized trillions in spending to deal with the pandemic.

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