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Our own Winning the Issues poll from May found the GOP leading Democrats on handling the issues of the economy by a 47 percent to 38 percent margin, leading on jobs 45-38 percent, and on taxes 43-39 percent
Nineteen Senate Republicans — including Packwood — and 47 House Republicans voted for the 1990 deal; that was the last time GOP lawmakers voted expressly to increase taxes.
The biggest shift occurred with young white voters who went from favoring Democrats for Congress 47-33 percent in 2016 to dead even at 39-39 percent, a remarkable 14-point swing.
A recent Winning the Issues survey found awareness of these actions going from 55 percent in February to 47 percent in March.
So the House chamber, the site of the State of the Union, is a familiar one for the 47-year-old.
The Senate voted Wednesday 51-47 to go to conference with the House. Businesses have pushed back against the last-minute GOP decision to keep the current 20 percent corporate AMT.
The 51-47 party-line vote was largely a formality.
In Dec. 2013, 47 percent of respondents to the poll said they preferred Republicans to win control of the U.S. House and Senate, compared to 42 percent who preferred Democratic majorities.