March 23, 2010 By Slim Margin, Americans Support Healthcare Bill's Passage Independents evenly split in their basic reactions, but more are "angry" than "enthusiastic" by Lydia Saad PRINCETON, NJ -- Nearly half of Americans give a thumbs-up to Congress' passage of a healthcare reform bill last weekend, with 49% calling it "a good thing." Republicans and Democrats have polar opposite reactions, with independents evenly split. The findings, from a March 22 USA Today/Gallup poll conducted one day after the bill received a majority of votes in the U.S. House of Representatives, represent immediate reactions to the vote. Americans' emotional responses...