Most Say Lawmakers Don't Understand Stimulus

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 2:50 PM

By: Dave Eberhart

The Senate passed an $838-billion economic stimulus bill Tuesday, but 58 percent of U.S. voters believe many members of Congress did not understand what was in the plan before they voted on it, according to Rasmussen Reports.

This figure matches another poll taken in mid-January that found that 58 percent of Americans were not confident that their political leaders knew what they were doing when it came to efforts to right the troubled economy.

Obama has expressed surprise at GOP criticism of the plan’s new spending proposals. “It’s spending. That’s the whole point,â€