US Congress plumbs depths of unpopularity
by Stephen Collinson
Fri Jun 22, 1:21 AM ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) - In fewer than six months, the Democratic-led US Congress has pulled off an unlikely and unenviable trick, becoming even less popular than President George W. Bush, polls show.
US President George W. Bush walks with Speaker of the House
Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, during the Congressional Picnic 19 June
on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC.
In fewer than six months, the Democratic-led US Congress
has pulled off an unlikely and unenviable trick, becoming
even less popular than Bush, polls show.
As Republicans and Democrats trade snide charges in the House of Representatives, and the Senate grinds to a near halt, Congress appears to voters to be getting little done, slowly.
According to a new Gallup poll released on Thursday, just 14 percent of Americans had a great deal, or quite a lot of confidence in Congress -- the venerable institution's lowest rating ever recorded by the polling firm.
The Gallup poll found US confidence in the presidency stood at 25 percent, while Bush's personal job approval ratings in the same poll sat at 32 percent. ...
"The American people are upset at us, Democrats and Republicans because we are not getting things done," said Democratic Senate Majority leader Harry Reid on Thursday.
"We have got to start legislating." ...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070622/pl_afp/uspoliticscongress_070622052152
Reid, you are a few days and a few dollars short with your statement.
This is the exact photo that Yahoo posted with this story. Madame Squeaker will rue the day she let * cozy up to her putting his paws on her while she smiled in his face.