IWV CONGRESSIONAL EXEMPTION POLL GEB INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE # TABLE TITLE ---------------------------------------Pg 1 1 Q1.

. Pg 4 2 500 500 ARE YOU A REGISTERED VOTER? 100.0 Total YES AUGUST 22, 2013

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IN GENERAL, WHEN THERE ARE FEDERAL ELECTIONS DO YOU ALWAYS VOTE, ALMOST ALWAYS VOTE, VOTE MOST OF THE TIME, VOTE SOME OF THE TIME, HARDLY EVER VOTE OR NEVER VOTE? 72.1 19.2 8.7 Total ALWAYS ALMOST ALWAYS MOST OF TIME

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500 360 96 44

Q3. 500 122 160 197 21

IF YOU HAD TO LABEL YOURSELF POLITICALLY, WOULD YOU SAY YOU ARE A LIBERAL, A MODERATE, OR A CONSERVATIVE IN YOUR POLITICAL BELIEFS? 24.3 32.0 39.5 4.2 Total LIBERAL MODERATE CONSERVATIVE D.K./REFUSED

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Q4. 500 156 196 134 11 3

WITH WHICH POLITICAL PARTY ARE YOU AFFILIATED? 31.2 39.3 26.8 2.1 0.6 Total REPUBLICAN DEMOCRAT INDEPENDENT/NO PARTY OTHER DK/REFUSED

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HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE TERMS "HEALTH CARE EXCHANGE"? IF YES, PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU'VE HEARD. IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD IT BEFORE, JUST SAY SO. 9.1 9.1 5.9 4.8 4.3 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.7 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 49.3 Total PART OF OBAMACARE HEARD NAME WAY TO BUY H/CARE CHOOSE OWN INS OPTION EACH STATE OFFERS HEARD NEGATIVES FOR THE UNINSURED GOVERNMENT RUN PLAN AFFORDABLE INS. RATES MANDATED INSURANCE HEARD PROS & CONS OFFERS GROUP INSURANC SUBSIDIZED H/CARE AVAILABLE OCTOBR 2013 HEARD GOOD THINGS BEST H/CARE PROVIDERS FORCE PEOPLE SIGN UP ELECTRONIC H/CARE BENEFITS OF OBAMACARE FINES/PENALTIES REPUBLICAN AGAINST IT HARM ECONOMY INVOLVES A MIDDLEMAN SOME STATES NOT JOIN LIBERTARIAN UNFAIR TO SMALL BIZ DON'T KNOW

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500 45 45 29 24 21 12 11 10 9 7 6 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 246

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WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING BEST DESCRIBES WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE DONE WITH THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT BETTER KNOWN AS OBAMACARE?... 1. DELAY STARTING UP THE LAW 2. CUT ITS FUNDING 3. TAKE A "TIME OUT" FOR AT LEAST A YEAR 4. DELAY FUNDING FOR A YEAR 5. PAUSE IMPLEMENTATION 6. GO AHEAD AND START IT 38.9 23.3 9.2 7.5 7.0 6.7 7.3 Total GO AHEAD AND START IT CUT ITS FUNDING PAUSE IMPLEMENTATION DELAY STARTING UP DELAY FUNDING/A YEAR TAKE A TIME OUT DK/REFUSED

500 195 116 46 38 35 34 37

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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TWO STATEMENTS COMES CLOSEST TO YOUR POINT OF VIEW? 1. GOVERNMENT CAN PROVIDE THE SOLUTION TO MANY PROBLEMS AND WE NEED MORE OF IT OR, 2. INCREASINGLY GOVERNMENT IS THE PROBLEM AND WE NEED LESS OF IT 24.4 64.4 11.2 Total NEED MORE GOVERNMENT NEED LESS GOVERNMENT DK/REFUSED

500 122 322 56

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Q11. 500 217 256 27

IN GENERAL, DO YOU APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF THE AAFFORDABLE CARE ACT BETTER KNOWN AS OBAMACARE? 43.4 51.3 5.4 Total APPROVE DISAPPROVE DK/REFUSEED

Now Im going to read to you some relevant facts: The Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare, explicitly required Members of Congress and their staffs to participate in the new health insurance exchanges it established for anyone above a certain income who does not have qualifying insurance covered by their employers. That means that as written that Members and their staff would lose the generous coverage they now have and instead get the limited government mandated options offered by the health exchanges, and many would not qualify for their current subsidies. Nonetheless, this rule was passed as part of the law so that Members and their staffs could have first hand experience with what theyve required of millions of their constituents. Knowing that, do you think the following statements are fair or unfair?

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Q12. - "MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THEIR STAFFS SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO ABIDE BY THE SAME LAW THEY PASSED AND GET THEIR INSURANCE THE SAME WAY AS MILLIONS OF OTHER AMERICANS NOW WILL HAVE TO: THROUGH THE EXCHANGES" 500 468 18 14 93.7 3.5 2.8 Total FAIR UNFAIR DK/REFUSED

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"MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THEIR STAFFS SHOULD BE EXEMPT FROM THE LAW THEY PASSED AND CONTINUE TO GET THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE LARGELY SUBSIDIZED BY THE GOVERNMENT, THE SAME WAY AS BEFORE" 5.0 91.5 3.5 Total FAIR UNFAIR DK/REFUSED

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500 25 458 18

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DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS? "REPUBLICAN MEMBERS AND THEIR STAFFS, NONE OF WHOM VOTED FOR OBAMACARE, SHOULD BE EXEMPT FROM HAVING TO GET THEIR INSURANCE COVERAGE THROUGH THE OBAMACARE EXCHANGES. 14.8 81.9 3.4 Total AGREE DISAGREE DK/REFUSED

500 74 409 17

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DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS? "IF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THEIR STAFF LOSE THE 75% SUBSIDIES FOR THEIR CURRENT COVERAGE AND ARE FORCED TO PAY HIGHER PREMIUMS FOR FEWER BENEFITS UNDER OBAMACARE, MANY WILL LEAVE CAPITOL HILL TO FIND JOBS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, SO THIS PROVISION OF THE LAW NEEDED TO BE AMENDED TO EXEMPT CONGRESS FROM OBAMACARE. 13.8 81.5 4.7 Total AGREE DISAGREE DK/REFUSED

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500 69 407 24

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WOULD YOU BE WILLING OR UNWILLING TO HELP COVER THE HEALTHCARE OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THEIR STAFFS WITH ADDITIONAL TAXPAYER MONEY IF YOU KNEW THEY WOULD LOSE THEIR CURRENT COVERAGE AND BE EXPOSED TO THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A YEAR IN PREMIUMS? 5.8 91.4 2.8 Total WILLING UNWILLING DK/REFUSED

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500 29 457 14 Q17. -

WOULD YOU BE WILLING OR UNWILLING TO EXEMPT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THEIR STAFFS FROM OBAMACARE IF YOU KNEW THAT THEY WOULD LOSE THEIR CURRENT COVERAGE AND BE FORCED TO PAY HIGHER PREMIUMS FOR LESS BENEFITS UNDER OBAMACARE AND MANY WILL LEAVE CAPITOL HILL TO FIND JOBS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR? 10.1 86.3 3.6 Total WILLING UNWILLING DK/REFUSED

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500 50 431 18

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NOW I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION: AS CONGRESS WAS GOING INTO ITS AUGUST RECESS, THE WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCED IT IS CREATING A SPECIAL EXEMPTION FROM THE LAW FOR CONGRESS SO THAT THEY WON'T FEEL ANY CHANGE TO THEIR PREMIUM COSTS. KNOWING THIS, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS DO YOU AGREE WITH MORE? 1. IT IS NOT FAIR THAT CONGRESS GETS ITS INSURANCE COSTS SUBSIDIZED WHILE OTHER AMERICANS ARE HAVING THEIR PREMIUMS RISE OR THEIR JOBS GET CUT BACK OR ELIMINIATED 2. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT CONGRESS AND THEIR STAFF NOT BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THIS LAW.

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500 457 30 13

91.3 6.0 2.6

Total NOT FAIR IMPORTANT/NOT AFFECT DK/REFUSED

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NEWS REPORTS INDICATE THAT DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE HAVE DECLARED A TRUCE AND AGREED NOT TO DISCUSS THE CONGRESSIONAL MEMBER AND STAFF EXEMPTIONS FROM OBAMACARE IN THE RUNUP TO THE 2014 ELECTION IN ORDER NOT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE ISSUE. DO YOU APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF THIS DECISION IF YOU DON'T CARE, JUST SAY SO. 6.2 3.4 2.8 85.1 6.1 79.0 6.7 1.9 Total APPROVE Strongly Approve Somewhat Approve DISAPPROVE Somewhat Disapprove Strongly Disapprove DO NOT CARE DK/REFUSED

500 31 17 14 426 31 395 34 10

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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEST DESCRIBES WHAT CONGRESS SHOULD DO REGARDING THE CONGRESSIONAL MEMBER AND STAFF EXPEMPTION TO OBAMACARE? Total Pass an Equal Treatment Act, reversing the order and mandate that Congress, the White House, and the rest of the federal government get their insurance through the exchanges, without special subsidies, just like millions of Americans are about to have to do. Pass a bill to reverse the order and have Congress live with the law as written Point out the absence of legal authority to make this change, but allow the ruling to stand and have Members individually choose whether or not to take the subsidy for themselves and their staff Do nothing, let the special exemption stand, and take the subsidy Pass a bill granting pay increases to cover the increased cost of insurance DK/REFUSED

500 375

75.1

69 17

13.7 3.4

7 6 26

1.5 1.2 5.1

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WHEN CONGRESS RETURNS FROM THE AUGUST RECESS, IF YOUR MEMBER OF CONGRESS AND SENATOR DO NOTHING AND ALLOWS CONGRESS TO BENEFIT FROM THIS SPECIAL BAILOUT, WILL THIS UPSET YOU, OR NOT UPSET YOU? 90.1 79.2 10.9 7.2 2.7 Total UPSET Upset A Lot Upset A Little NOT UPSET DK/REFUSED

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500 451 396 55 36 13

Q22. 500 295 85 60 37 23

WHO DO HOLD MOST RESPONSIBLE FOR ALLOWING THE CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS AND STAFF EXEMPTION FROM OBAMACARE IN THE FIRST PLACE? 59.1 17.0 12.0 7.4 4.6 Total BOTH PARTIES EQUALLY REPUBLICANS/CONGRESS PRESIDENT OBAMA DEMOCRATS/CONGRESS DK/REFUSED

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WOULD YOU VOTE FOR OR AGAINST YOUR SENATOR OR MEMBER OF CONGRESS IF YOU KNEW HE OR SHE VOTED AGAINST OBAMACARE BUT ACCEPTED THE SPECIAL EXEMPTION FROM OBAMACARE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR STAFF? IF IT WOULD MAKE NO DIFFERENCE, JUST SAY SO. 5.8 70.1 16.1 8.0 Total VOTE FOR VOTE AGAINST MAKES NO DIFFERENCE DK/REFUSED

500 29 351 80 40

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WOULD YOU VOTE TO RE-ELECT OR WOULD YOU VOTE TO REPLACE YOUR SENATOR OR MEMBER OF CONGRESS OF YOU KNEW HE OR SHE VOTED FOR OBAMACARE BUT ACCEPTED THE SPECIAL EXEMPTION FROM OBAMACARE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR STAFF? IF IT WOULD MAKE NO DIFFERENCE, JUST SAY SO. 68.7 11.8 12.9 6.6 Total REPLACE RE-ELECT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE DK/REFUSED

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500 344 59 65 33

Q25. 500 255 235 3 7

IN THE RECENT ELECTION FOR PRESIDENT DID YOU VOTE FOR BARACK OBAMA OR MITT ROMNEY? 51.0 47.0 0.7 1.4 Total OBAMA ROMNEY DID NOT VOTE DK/REFUSED

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WOULD YOU SAY YOU ALWAYS VOTE DEMOCRAT, USUALLY VOTE DEMOCRAT, VOTE FOR AS MANY DEMOCRATS AS REPUBLICANS, USUALLY VOTE REPUBLICAN, OR ALWAYS VOTE REPUBLICAN? 34.4 15.5 18.9 23.8 25.1 10.9 36.0 5.8 Total DEMOCRAT Always Democrat Usually Democrat TICKET SPLITTER Usually Republican Always Republican REPUBLICAN DON'T KNOW/REFUSED WOULD YOU SAY...

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500 172 77 94 119 125 55 180 29

Q27. 500 448 311 137 51 32 19 1

HOW OFTEN DO YOU VOTE IN PRIMARIES? 89.6 62.2 27.4 10.1 6.4 3.7 0.2 Total VOTE Always Most Of The Time RARELY/NEVER Rarely Never DK/REFUSED

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Q28. 500 194 62 132 303 124 179 3

HOW OFTEN DO YOU CONTRIBUTE FINANCIALLY TO POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS OR POLITICAL PARTIES? WOULD YOU SAY.. 38.8 12.4 26.4 60.6 24.8 35.7 0.7 Total CONTRIBUTE Often Sometimes RARELY/NEVER Rarely Never DK/REFUSED