GOP's 'single signature achievement' is a bust: CNN data guru

House Republicans will vote this week on a bill expressing support for their "One Big Beautiful Bill" Act passed last summer. The measure will not only cheer the law, but it will attempt to rebrand the unpopular budget measure to the "Working Families Tax Cut."

There's a reason for both of those things, a CNN data analyst explained on Wednesday. Data shows Americans don't like the "One Big Beautiful Bill," and they don't believe it did anything to help their affordability crisis.

The GOP's flagship budget bill, which Trump called the "big, beautiful bill," delivered many tax perks to the wealthy and corporations, but it has been a bust for many others. Even after it passed, there wasn't much fanfare. Mere months after it passed, Trump announced he was rebranding it to the "Working Families Tax Cut."

"So the bill that — I’m not going to use the term 'great, big, beautiful' — that was good for getting it approved, but it’s not good for explaining to people what it’s all about," Trump said in Aug. 2025.

CNN data analyst Harry Enten told host John Berman that the president's bill "ain't workin' too good."

"Trump is paying the piper when it comes to taxes and the American public," Enten explained. "Look at this trend. I mean, again, what massive trends we're seeing from term one to term two."

He compared Trump's polls to where he was at this same time in 2018. Currently, the president is 28 points underwater on taxes, according to a Fox News poll. That same poll in 2018 showed Trump was up 2 points on taxes after he and the GOP passed a tax bill.

"Look at this!" exclaimed Enten. "If there are benefits that the American people are liking when it comes to the 'One Big, Beautiful Bill' act, they are not, in fact, giving the two thumbs up to Donald Trump when it comes to that."

Berman saw in the fine print on the graphic that the number of displeasure among independent voters is considerable.

"He is 58 points underwater with independence when it comes to taxes. My goodness gracious," Enten said.

"I'm going to circle that. That is stunning. Again, he says he cut your taxes, and people are 58 points opposed to it. Independents," said Berman.

The other number that has changed is that more Americans agree that taxes aren't fair. In 2018, only about 38 percent of Americans said that they felt their taxes were not fair, vs. 61 percent who rated them fair. In 2026, that number flipped to 49 percent of Americans saying they are unfair.

"And John is over there shaking because these numbers are unbelievable," said Enten.

Looking specifically at the "One Big Beautiful Bill" Act, its approval is down 20 points. When it comes to Independents, that is 41 percent down since Fall 2025.

"No wonder Donald Trump is struggling so much when it comes to the american public and taxes," Enten added.

"The signature, legislative achievement, as it is now mid-April heading into the midterm elections. This is where it stands," Berman closed.

It might be the reason the GOP wants to change the name so much. The law was passed with Trump's name for it. So, the new bill from the GOP declares in its first provision that it is "commonly known as the ‘Working Families Tax Cuts.'"

The bill will "1. expresses its support for tax policies that support working families and let them keep more of their hard-earned money; and 2. recognizes the significant tax relief provided by the Working Families Tax Cuts for hardworking Americans," it says.

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