An employee leaves the Capitol, April 8, 2011.
Credit: Reuters/Kevin LamarqueBy David MorganWASHINGTON | Fri 29 april 2011 11: 01 am EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters)-Americans say that Republicans in Congress would do a better job than the Democrats in dealing with the American budget, according to a survey released on Friday that President Barack Obama the party late on a disadvantage as legislators in the vicinity of a showdown on federal spending.
The poll findings underscore the challenge of the Obama if he public support for his proposals try to address a growing u.s. budget deficit--a problem that can play an important role in the President's efforts to win re-election in 2012.
The USA Today/Gallup poll of 1,013 U.S. adults looked or Americans expressed more confidence in the ability of the Republicans or the Democrats in Congress to deal with six major problems of the country.
The federal budget was the only issue in which respondents clearly prefer one party over the other, with 48 percent in favor of Republicans and Democrats 36 percent.
The poll found that Americans are Republicans by smaller margins on four other issues favorite: Afghanistan, the United States economy, immigration and employment. Democrats held a small advantage to the processing of health care, the poll found.
The poll, April 20-23, had a 4 percentage-point margin of error.
The federal budget deficit is expected to hit $ 1.4 trillion in the current fiscal year, which ends September 30.
Congress adopted the budget struggle again next week when the legislatures of their annual spring break, with a showdown looming over federal spending in the 2012 fiscal year that begins October 1.
Republicans this spring used the threat of a Government shutdown to win concessions on fiscal 2011 budget cuts from Obama and his fellow Democrats.
A frontline battle will be over an impending vote to increase the ceiling 14.3 trillion federal debt, which Republicans intend to use as a lever to exact new expenditure discounts.
Analysts say that not the debt limit increase would have dire consequences for international financial markets and the financial future of America. The United States will reach the ceiling by mid May, but the Treasury Department says that it is standard to 8 July can avoid it.
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