On Tuesday, Gallup announced that Congress had reached a new low, winning the approval of just 9% of the American public. This breaks Congress’ record nadir from last year, when the amount of Americans who thought lawmakers were doing a good job dipped to 10%.
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… As to why approval ratings now equal the number of letters in Harry Reid’s name, pollsters said that “Americans’ views of Congress have not recovered” from the government shutdown.
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