Jeffries' assessment comes shortly after the release of a CBS News poll showing that nearly 70% of Americans say the economy is bad.
The New York lawmaker, who chairs the House Democratic Caucus, told"Face the Nation" that the president's early actions to fight the COVID-19 pandemic helped create millions of new jobs and"rescued the economy." His assessment came shortly after the release of the CBS News/YouGov survey showing that nearly 70% of Americans say the economy is bad — including 52% of Democratic respondents.
"President Biden has done a very good job under incredibly difficult circumstances," he told"Face the Nation.""I understand that the electorate, of course, is going to be unsettled, experiencing COVID fatigue, inflationary pressures, high gas prices, a war in Ukraine, a radical extreme Republican party that doesn't appear to believe in democracy any longer.
One issue that has long been on Mr. Biden's agenda but still hasn't yielded a breakthrough is police reform. The president has been looking at a possible executive order on police reform for several months. by gas companies — a measure that passed the House with no Republican votes — and legislation tackling the rise in domestic terrorism and white supremacy following the mass shooting in Buffalo, New York.that experts say would raise taxes by more than $1,000, on average, for the poorest 40% of Americans.
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