And nearly as many approve of the administration's proposal to allow certain laid-off workers to buy Medicare coverage beginning at age 55. Two in three favor increasing federal taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products. Three out of four support raising the minimum wage. Only 16 percent favored a tax cut, which is supported by congressional Republicans. The survey found that Congress as an institution is more popular now than at any time in recent history.
Individual members are even more popular.
Three out of four respondents said they approved of the job their representative is doing, a view shared by half of those interviewed in an October 1994 Post-ABC News survey. Americans are just as split over who should decide what to do with any budget surplus.