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The same Harvard-Harris poll found inflation was most respondents' (47 percent) top issue by a wide margin over "restoring basic American values of merit" at 13 percent and immigration at 11 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.
So the House chamber, the site of the State of the Union, is a familiar one for the 47-year-old.
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.