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Yesterday was one of the most exciting days in DFP history: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki opened her press briefing citing our polling on President Biden’s Build Back Better infrastructure plan. When speaking about the massive popular support for Biden’s infrastructure plan, she noted ([link removed]) that “a Data for Progress poll showed that by a 35-point margin, voters wanted to pay for this plan by asking the wealthy and big corporations to pay their fair share, just like the President is calling for.”

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The poll in question? Our polling on Biden’s Build Back Better infrastructure plan with Invest in America ([link removed]) , which shows that a majority of voters (including Republicans) support Biden’s plan — including each specific component of the proposal — and want Republicans to work with Biden instead of obstructing him. We also found, as Psaki noted, that voters want to fund the Build Back Better plan by increasing taxes on the wealthy and on corporations, instead of cutting existing social service programs to pay for new ones.

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Here are some other highlights from DFP over the past week:
* Jen Psaki isn’t the only Biden administration official keeping tabs on our polling (*ba-dum-tiss) — Biden senior advisor Anita Dunn reportedly cited our polling ([link removed]) showing that all the individual components of the Build Back Better plan have strong majority support from voters.
* Our Build Back Better polling was also featured on the Rachel Maddow show ([link removed]) , where Rachel noted that “a Data for Progress/Invest in America poll found support for a large infrastructure plan among likely voters nationwide was almost 70 percent. That includes 50 percent of likely Republican voters.”
* One of our favorite aspects of the Build Back Better plan? Its inclusion of a Clean Electricity Standard, which we’ve been pushing for along with Evergreen Action ([link removed]) .
* We have new polling out with Vox ([link removed]) this week on voter opinion of pharmaceutical companies. Unsurprisingly given their role in developing the coronavirus vaccine, voters are feeling a little warmer and fuzzier towards pharmaceutical companies than they were when we last polled this issue in November 2019 ([link removed]) : 56% of voters hold favorable attitudes towards pharma now, as opposed to 48% from our November polling. However, that doesn’t mean people are letting pharma companies off the hook for the high price of prescription drugs in the U.S. — 77% of Americans say that even though pharma companies have done a good job developing the coronavirus vaccine, the government still needs to regulate them to reduce drug costs.
* What’s a key ingredient in building up our public infrastructure and making a just transition to clean energy that you’ve never heard of? Semiconductors, an electrical component found in computer chips. DFP co-founder Colin McAuliffe was on the blog this week ([link removed]) making the case for a progressive plan for creating millions of good jobs by scaling up American semiconductor manufacturing.

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Media Hits

White House:Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, April 1, 2021 ([link removed])

MSNBC:Transcript: The Rachel Maddow Show, 4/1/21 ([link removed])

The Washington Post:Civilizations don’t really die. They just take new forms. ([link removed])

The New York Times:Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and America’s Most Liberal Generation ([link removed])

The Los Angeles Times:Joe Biden, Mr. Nice Guy, bares his teeth ([link removed])

CBS:White House makes case for popularity of American Jobs Plan ([link removed])

New York Magazine:3 Quick Takes on Biden’s Infrastructure Plan ([link removed])

Vox:How Biden plans to tackle the climate crisis in his $2 trillion infrastructure plan ([link removed])

Vox:What Americans really think about billionaires during the pandemic ([link removed])

Vox:Why we can’t stop talking about billionaires ([link removed])

Vox:The Covid-19 vaccines have done the impossible: Made Big Pharma really popular ([link removed])

Axios:Progressives try to sell climate spending with jobs pitch ([link removed])

Wired:Biden Wants $10 Billion for a Climate Army. It's Not Enough ([link removed])

Business Insider:Voters support paying for infrastructure with taxes, especially a tax on the wealthy, poll says ([link removed])

CNBC:Fourth stimulus checks are unlikely. Here’s what federal aid could be coming next ([link removed])

On Social
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From Data for Progress

The American Rescue Plan Continues to Hold Bipartisan Support ([link removed])
Memo: National Voters Support Infrastructure and Clean Energy Investments that Meet the Moment ([link removed])
Alessandra Biaggi: We Need Bold Action on Environmental Racism ([link removed])
Memo: Semiconductor Policy Brief ([link removed])
How Semiconductors Fit Into A Vision For A Progressive Economy ([link removed])
Biden’s American Jobs Plan Could Help Launch a Decade of U.S. Climate Innovation ([link removed])
A Significant Number of Vaccine Skeptics Could Be Swayed to Take the Shot ([link removed])

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