As the House’s new Task Force on Artificial Intelligence considers how government should address AI issues, such as deepfakes in the election and bias in algorithms, a new survey finds very large bipartisan majorities favor giving the federal government broad powers to regulate Artificial Intelligence (AI). They endorse seven proposals currently under consideration in Congress and the Executive Branch for regulating AI-generated deepfakes and AI making decisions with the potential for harm....| publicconsultation.org
The White House recently released its AI Action Plan, which opposes government regulation of AI programs, saying that it would […]|
Oppose Sanctioning ICC for Arrest Warrants Against US Allied Leaders President Trump has issued executive orders to “reevaluate our commitment” to United Nations (UN) agencies, withdraw from the World Health Organization, and impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to thwart their activities. A new survey by the Program for Public Consultation (PPC) at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy finds majorities of both Republicans and Democrats: favor the US...| publicconsultation.org
As the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) is signed into law, and major changes are made to spending and taxes, a new survey has found that the public would create a completely different budget. Majorities of both Republicans and Democrats would not extend the 2017 tax cuts for all incomes, make big cuts to Medicaid or SNAP (food stamps), nor increase spending on national defense or homeland security. On the contrary, they would raise taxes on high incomes, reduce defense spending, and keep spendi...| publicconsultation.org
Bipartisan majorities favor higher not lower taxes on the wealthy, cutting defense spending not increasing it, no cuts to Medicaid, […]|
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As Congress begins to debate the FY2018 budget, a new study reveals strong support for greater federal efforts to reduce poverty. The study, conducted by the University of Maryland’s Program for Public Consultation (PPC), finds that majorities of Republicans and Democrats agree on numerous new options for federal poverty programs. The results were released today by Voice Of the People, a nonpartisan organization that seeks to give citizens a greater voice in public policy. Support for addre...| publicconsultation.org
Amid efforts to roll back current federal laws and regulations that aim to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gases and to expand offshore drilling, a new national survey finds that bipartisan majorities support keeping: tax credits for clean energy and energy efficiency tax credits for electric vehicles and charging stations limits on offshore drilling mandates to gradually raise fuel efficiency in cars and light trucks These findings come from a survey by the University of Maryland’s Pro...| publicconsultation.org
As housing affordability has become a major issue for many Americans, a new survey in six swing states and nationally finds majority support – bipartisan in most cases – for the Federal government taking a variety of actions to make housing more affordable, especially for low and middle-income households. These include: providing billions in grants and tax incentives for building and repairing affordable homesproviding down payment assistance to first-time buyersreducing large corpora...| publicconsultation.org
As major proposals to change US international trade policy have come into the discourse, a new public consultation survey finds bipartisan majorities of Americans in six swing states, as well as nationally, support the US continuing to have low tariffs with other countries on a mutual basis so long as they abide by agreed-upon rules, rather than raising all tariffs to 10-20 percent. At the same time, bipartisan majorities approve of the increased tariffs that have been imposed on China in r...| publicconsultation.org
Favor Deterring Illegal Border Crossings by Mandating E-Verify for Employers, While Also Increasing Number of Work Visas As the issue of immigration figures prominently in campaigns across the country, a new survey by the Program for Public Consultation (PPC) in six swing states and nationally finds numerous policies on which majorities of Americans agree, including, in most cases, majorities of both Republicans and Democrats. To deal with the millions of undocumented immigrants who have...| publicconsultation.org