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(s)Elections See other (s)Elections Articles Title: Americans say US Congress is worst ever: poll Washington (United States) (AFP) - 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 lawmakers 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, 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. The negative outlook toward Congress "exists among all demographic and political subgroups. Men, women, rich, poor, young, old -- all think this year's Congress has been the worst they can remember," CNN polling director Keating Holland said. "Older Americans -- who have lived through more congresses -- hold more negative views of the 113th Congress than younger Americans. Republicans, Democrats and independents also agree that this has been the worst session of Congress in their lifetimes." According to the survey, 73 percent of Americans said Congress has so far done nothing to address the country's problems, with one in four disagreeing. The poll, conducted by telephone December 16-19 with 1,035 adults across the nation, has a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points. guyfawkes Americans are idiots. Because what we really need is more laws, right? Federal laws affect the entire country. The founders designed our government so that before a law was passed that restricted the freedom of the entire country, it was to be given extensive debate and contemplation. Now, we have a Congress that doesn't even read the bills before they pass them rather than give them their due diligence as required by the Constitution and people want them to pass more laws!?+6 Martin I have seen never congress this bad in 60 years. Republicans don't help much....and the Democratic party feels they have a mandate and are slamming the American middle class during poor economic times. Obama just said today he does not care about any polls. And in a disgusting speech...said the country is doing great....yet why do i see so many people out of work and so much unhappiness with those actually working. We need to get rid of professional politicians by imposing term limits. Just a single term for all elected officials to Federal office, including the President. I think it could bring many average Americans to congress. I would love to see Americans running for congress and making laws their constituency really support. +4 Tatarewicz: Term limits would not help. You'd still have the two main parties competing for funding and organizational support from the supurbly organized Israeli lobby and the successful candidates would still have to give priority to Israeli rather than American interests. Poster Comment: The poll numbers in Israel would be reversed. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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