Congress Approval Ratings

Why Your Representatives Should Make You Mad as Hell

John W. Whitehead | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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John W. Whitehead

Congress should be America's representative body, yet too many of its members bear little resemblance to those they have been elected to represent.

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Is Congress Getting More Popular? Approval Rating Jumps 12 Percent

Washington Post | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics

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Days after passing President Obama's massive economic stimulus plan, new polling numbers from Gallup show that Congress' job approval ratings have gai...

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A Note for Wolf Blitzer, et. al. on Congressional Approval

David Moore | Posted 08.04.2008 | Media

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David Moore

Approval ratings of Congress elecit very different responses from those of the president. For the president, it's his personal popularity. For Congress, it's a general mood of the country.

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Bush: CNN's Candy Crowley Gave Me A Virus!

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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At this morning's press conference on Iran, serious talk eventually dwindled and the President made small talk with reporters. When conversation turn...

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President Bush To Hold Press Conference This Morning

Associated Press | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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President Bush, entrenched in disputes with Congress over spending and the war in Iraq, wants to intensify pressure on lawmakers when he addresses the...

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Congress Gets Better Approval Ratings From Republicans Than Dems

TPM Media | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Now this is curious. In the latest Gallup poll, more Republicans approve of the job Congress is doing than there are Democrats who approve. According ...

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