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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 09:13 AM
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There's something more unpopular in DC than Bush: CONGRESS!
http://poll.gallup.com/content/?ci=22435

PRINCETON, NJ -- Public approval of the job Congress is doing has dipped to its lowest level of 2006, and is now the worst Gallup has recorded since the closing days of the Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994.

According to an April 10-13, 2006, Gallup Poll, 23% of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing, while 70% disapprove. The current approval score is slightly below the 25%-27% range seen since January.

The current 23% approval rating for Congress is a near-record low for the institution. Gallup's trend for this question, which started in 1974, shows lower approval scores on only three other occasions: October 1994 (21%), March 1992 (18%), and June 1979 (19%).
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July Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 09:18 AM
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1. And let's point out when we talk about it that it's a GOP-controlled
Congress.
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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 09:25 AM
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2. Perhaps if the did their job
Edited on Mon Apr-17-06 09:25 AM by formercia
and quit obstructing justice, folks might think differently.
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 09:32 AM
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3. Wonder why ??
What have they done to piss off the people so much?
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AlGore-08.com Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 10:06 AM
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4. It's because they have not served as a check and balance to Bush
Edited on Mon Apr-17-06 10:06 AM by AlGore-08.com
They are a rubber stamp, rather than a co-equal branch of government. If the Congress did it's collective job, the worst we be suffering right now would be eternal gridlock, where Bush vetoed every bill that crossed his desk.
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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 11:45 AM
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7. It's what they haven't done
Edited on Mon Apr-17-06 11:47 AM by formercia
Do they feel like the employees who has a worthless supervisor, and no matter how much people complain, the boss won't fire the prick because they both belong to the same Lodge?

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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 10:13 AM
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5. 70% disapprove
that should serve to be a wake up call to these senators and representatives. our voices should not be silenced.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 10:23 AM
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6. I think the wake up call fell on deaf ears..too little too late thingy
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