World News: OnPolitics: Americans don't expect divided government to accomplish much

Tuesday, January 17

OnPolitics: Poll shows Americans expect little compromise or action

Meanwhile, political lightning rods have been reinstated by Republicans to House committees after being removed by Democrats.

Happy Tuesday, OnPolitics readers. There's plenty of political news over the long weekend to catch up on, so let's get started:

A new exclusive poll shows Americans expect little will be accomplished in a divided government, Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page reports:

The messy fight among Republicans to elect a new House speaker left the public convinced by 61%-17% that the GOP and President Joe Biden are less likely to get anything done together in the new era of divided government, an exclusive USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds.

By a wide margin, 58%-17%, they say it seems unlikely that Republicans will do any compromising with Democrats over the next two years.

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