AP Poll: Public gives Congress low marks

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Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer

WASHINGTON -- In the eyes of the public, Congress is doing even worse than the president.

Public satisfaction with the job lawmakers are doing has fallen 11 points since May, to 24 percent, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll. That's lower than for President Bush, who hasn't fared well lately, either.

Bush has been taking heat over the Iraq war, his decision to spare a former top vice presidential aide from going to prison and his desire for an overhaul of immigration laws that critics said would give a free pass to illegal immigrants. His job approval rating in the AP-Ipsos survey remained virtually unchanged at 33 percent.

The 24 percent approval rating for Congress matched its previous low, which came in June 2006, five months before Democrats won control of the House and Senate due to public discontent with the job Republicans were doing. Just two months ago, 35 percent of the public approved of Congress' work.

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Apparently, the slide in Congressional approval over the last two months has come from Democrats. From the article: "Approval among Democrats fell 21 points, from 48 percent in May to 27 percent. It remained low among Republicans, at 20 percent, and has not changed significantly in the past two months."