Polling Memo: No Budget, No Pay

Debt & Spending: No Budget, No Pay

Recent data from Pew shows just how serious Americans view the federal government’s debt and spending problem.  Over the past four years, “reducing the budget deficit” has seen a 19-pt jump in terms of American’s “policy priorities” for the next year.

With heightened concern, it should come as no surprise new data from Harper Polling shows an overwhelming 72% majority in favor of the House’s “No budget, No pay” plan passed Wednesday.  To quote Newsmax, “The logic behind ‘no budget, no pay’ goes like this: Passing a budget is the core responsibility of Congress, so why should lawmakers get paid if they don’t do their main job?”

Americans undoubtedly agree.

POLLSTER: Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

DATE: Conducted 1/9-13/2013

SAMPLE: Sampled 1,502 Adults; MoE ±2.9%

SOURCE:http://www.people-press.org/files/legacy-questionnaires/01-24-13%20Prioritie%20Release%20Topline.pdf

POLLSTER: Harper Polling for Conservative Intel

DATE: Conducted 1/22/2013

SAMPLE: Sampled 1,900 Respondents; MoE ±2.25%

SOURCE:http://conservativeintel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Intel-HarperToplines.pdf

Nearly three-fourths of Americans favor #NoBudgetNoPay nrcc.org/2013/01/28/pol…

— Topline Translator (@ToplineReport) January 28, 2013