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| Poll: Americans Say U.S. Congress Is Worst Ever |
| 2013-12-27 |
| [An Nahar] Two thirds of Americans say the current Congress is the worst ever, while three quarters slammed the "do-nothing" legislature, a CNN/ORC International poll found Thursday. The negative attitudes were expressed toward leading politicians on both sides of the aisle, with 52 percent saying the policies of Democrats would move the country in the wrong direction, compared to 54 percent for Republican policies. And 54 percent of respondents said the same thing about the policies of President Barack Obama ...I am not a dictator! , a Democrat. The 113th Congress did pass a budget agreement before its holiday recess, but less than 60 bills have been signed into law during its first year. And with a continued political stalemate likely in 2014, when mid-term elections will take place, the current Congress is poised to become one of the least productive in at least the past four decades, CNN noted. A total of 68 percent of those questioned said the current Congress was the worst in their lifetime, with only 28 percent disagreeing. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Everyone who is in is out. Easy choice at the ballot box. |
| Posted by: Mugsy Glink 2013-12-27 18:25 |
| #6 What %-age of congressional incumbents running for re-election will win in 2014? That's the only poll that counts. Somehow polls about popular discontent with Congress turn out to have little connection to the outcome of elections. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2013-12-27 16:35 |
| #5 They've always lied. The difference and damage have simply magnified because so much power has been centralized. It's the view of the forest and trees. The overall intent of the old Constitution was to provide just enough power to the national government to meet limited goals, but also to inhibit the assimilation of power to give rise to tyranny. They read the old books. They knew the dangers. They intentionally designed it to be inefficient. They understood the nature of peoples' governments from the records of Greece and Rome. That's why the Amendment process demanded such a high level of agreement to alter the basic document. It worked till the judiciary decided to give itself so much power and expansive purview over every aspect of governance and society. Article V has been displaced by 'interpretation'. By design, Congress is not suppose to be a rubber stamp. Competing and conflicting interests are suppose to mitigate the damage it could potentially do. If the society is in conflict (see - culture wars), Congress should be in conflict. If everyone is unhappy, then the design, to prohibit one side with marginal majorities of forcing its will, is working as intended. Unfortunately, the design didn't take into account the rise of a new aristocracy in the form of the judiciary, sitting for life, unaccountable to the people, with its own agenda to remake society in its image. |
| Posted by: P2kontheroad 2013-12-27 10:23 |
| #4 Not Congress, The Presidency, It's the worst we've ever had, Lying has become the new normal, I can't wait until the next elections, there wo'nt be a Dem in office at all, and they know it. The people think the Government is bad, but it's the Congress that's bad. I'd better stop, I'm getting worked up. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-12-27 09:13 |
| #3 This is a stupid question that has been asked for ever and means nothing. Polls also show that people routinely and in great majorities like and reelect their own weasel. The leadership maybe can be blamed but congress as a whole? No. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-12-27 08:40 |
| #2 ...using the registered voter lists in Chicago? I doubt the dead change their views much. Poll: Americans Say U.S. Congress Is Worst Ever Cause Americans no longer have any real history, just memory. Anything that happened outside of their lifetime didn't exist (other than what Hollyweird tells them). |
| Posted by: P2kontheroad 2013-12-27 08:37 |
| #1 28 percent disagreeing. Strange, that number. It just keeps returning in poll after poll. Who could it possibly be ? [sarc off] |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-12-27 06:38 |