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Sat Aug 5, 2017, 10:09 PM Aug 2017

Inverse Midas touch

By Aaron Blake
August 4

... GOP health-care bill: The new Quinnipiac poll shows 80 percent disapprove of the GOP's health-care efforts, which Trump has supported, vs. 15 percent who support them. And 61 to 77 percent oppose three key elements: cutting Medicaid; cutting off federal funding for Planned Parenthood; and changing the requirement that people with preexisting conditions pay the same as everyone else ...

Refugee ban: While Trump's entry ban has polled so-so, 60 percent opposed his temporary suspension of all refugees, and 70 percent opposed suspending all Syrian refugees indefinitely, according to a February Quinnipiac poll.

Marijuana: With Sessions prepared to go after legalized marijuana, the newest Quinnipiac poll shows 75 percent oppose the federal government enforcing its laws against states that have legalized it ...

Budget cuts: Between 63 and 87 percent opposed eight specific cuts in Trump's budget in March ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/08/04/trumps-reverse-midas-touch/?utm_term=.39343b87f211

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