for the deficits" whereas in the trump administration republicans had passed trillions in dollars in tax cuts and mostly corporate aid for the coronavirus crisis, adding trillions of dollars to the national debt without much reservation. others republican mayors such as jerry dyer of fresno, francis x. suarez of miami, david holt of oklahoma city, and betsy price of fort worth, texas expressed their support for the plan. dyer told the washington post that "it's not a republican issue or a democrat issue. it's a public health issue. it's an economic issue. and it's a public safety issue." over 150 ceos of major companies expressed support for the biden stimulus plan in a letter and urged congress to pass it. a broad range of advocacy and interest groups praised the bill, including local government groups (national association of counties and u.s. conference of mayors); business associations (national farmers union, airlines for america, national association of realtors, national restaurant association, small business majority); education organizations (the american council on education, american federation of teachers, national education association, national school boards association), organized labor (the afl–cio and afscme); healthcare organizations (american academy of pediatrics, association of state and territorial health officials, national nurses united), the american public transportation association, and the civil rights group unidosus. feeding america, the american hotel & lodging association, the main street alliance, the u.s. travel association, the american hospital association, the association of american medical colleges, and the national council of nonprofits praised the bill, but said that additional relief would be necessary. the business roundtable, u.s. chamber of commerce, and committee for a responsible federal budget called for a smaller and more targeted package. several observers have noted that the stimulus greatly increases the role of the government in fighting poverty in the united states, to an extent not seen since lyndon johnson's great society in the 1960s; accordingly some have seen it as evidence that the united states is moving towards social democracy and away from the "government is the problem" consensus in place since the 1980s. dave yost, the republican ohio attorney general, sued the biden administration over the provision of the act that creates a $350 billion fund to help state and local governments pay first responders and other covid-19-related expenses. the act provides that a state cannot use federal aid money to offset net revenues lost if a state chooses to implement new state tax cuts. yost's suit claims that this limitation coerces states and infringes on their "sovereign authority to set state tax policy." public opinion the stimulus plan had broad public support. a february 11 newsweek/harris x poll showed that 60% of republican voters expressed support for the stimulus plan and a poll from quinnipiac university found that 68% of americans support it. a morning consult/politico poll showed that 76% of voters, including 60% of republicans and 89% of democrats, supported the bill. a monmouth university poll found that 62% of americans approve of the stimulus package, with 92% of democrats, 56% of independents, and 33% of republicans supporting the legislation. cbs news released a poll on march 12, which showed that 75% of americans approved the stimulus bill, including 77% of independents, 46% of republicans, and 94% of democrats. in a poll conducted by data for progress and vox, around 31% of republican voters believed that their party backs the legislation, with 53% believing that it does not.