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Dem Congress Approval At 20 Year Low

Mike

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Congressional Democrats are facing their highest disapproval rating in at least the last 20 years, at 67 percent. Meanwhile, 30 percent approve of the job congressional Democrats are doing.

The poll comes on the heels of a WaPo-ABC poll that showed the Democratic Party in general hitting a three-decade low as far as how people feel about it.
 
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Anonymous

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Mike said:
Congressional Democrats are facing their highest disapproval rating in at least the last 20 years, at 67 percent. Meanwhile, 30 percent approve of the job congressional Democrats are doing.

The poll comes on the heels of a WaPo-ABC poll that showed the Democratic Party in general hitting a three-decade low as far as how people feel about it.

I'm sure Mike left this out by accident.... Good old boys like him would never try to mislead folks :roll: :wink: The rest of the story:

Democrats, though, still remain more popular than the GOP. Just 25 percent of Americans say they approve of the job Republicans in Congress are doing, while 72 percent disapprove.


Congressional Democrats’ disapproval hits a 20-year high


By Aaron Blake October 26 




A new poll shows Americans' disdain for Congress is weaker than it has been in more than three years, but neither party has much to brag about.




The Washington Post-ABC News poll shows 50 percent of Americans say they "strongly" disapprove of the way Congress is doing its job. The good news: That's the lowest that number has been since March 2011. The bad news: It's still half the country really disliking Congress.

And when it comes to the two major parties, the improvement doesn't really show.

In fact, congressional Democrats are facing their highest disapproval rating in at least the last 20 years, at 67 percent. Meanwhile, 30 percent approve of the job congressional Democrats are doing.

The poll comes on the heels of a WaPo-ABC poll that showed the Democratic Party in general hitting a three-decade low as far as how people feel about it.

Democrats, though, still remain more popular than the GOP. Just 25 percent of Americans say they approve of the job Republicans in Congress are doing, while 72 percent disapprove.

The difference between the two parties, though, is smaller than it has usually been.

Democrats appear to be suffering from declining support among African Americans, who are about evenly split on the party, with 50 percent approving and 47 percent disapproving.

Another big difference between the two parties has been the GOP base's reluctance to support its congressional contingent. But, at this point, both party bases feel about the same when it comes to their congressional representatives. Democrats approve of their party 56-42, while Republicans approve 55-38.

When even partisans are that divided on their own party, though, it's hard to call that a victory.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/10/26/congressional-democrats-disapproval-hits-a-20-year-high/?hpid=z3
 

Mike

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The title:

"Congressional Democrats' Disapproval Hits 20 Year High"

Read 'em and weep fatazz................. :lol: :lol: :lol:
 

loomixguy

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The House has been doing their job, but the Senate, led by Do Nothing Harry Reid, won't do theirs. That ought to change come January.
 
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Anonymous

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loomixguy said:
The House has been doing their job, but the Senate, led by Do Nothing Harry Reid, won't do theirs. That ought to change come January.


Do you really think that a Republican Senate will change anything :???: ... I'm kind of with this author- I think after January you will actually have more dysfunction and inability to accomplish anything... Instead of just having the Dems filibuster everything like the Republicans have the past 6 years- you would also have Obama vetoing anything he/Dems didn't like... And with the already split Repub party trying to campaign for President at the same time--- nothing will get accomplished except more division in the country...


A GOP Senate Would Lead to Endless Battles on Many Issues

If the Republicans take the Senate, they would try to pass legislation to repeal the ACA, approve the Keystone XL pipeline, lower tax rates, and investigate the administration on many fronts. Assuming the rules about filibusters were not changed, the Senate Democrats would block all of this, leading to more gridlock.

Another important effect of a Republican takeover would be changes in key committee chairmanships. These would include

Committee Old chairman New chairman
Foreign relations Robert Menendez Bob Corker
Intelligence Diane Feinstein Richard Burr
Judiciary Pat Leahy Charles Grassley
Appropriations Barbara Mikulsky Thad Cochran or Richard Shelby
Armed Services Carl Levin John McCain or James Inhofe
Health, Education and Labor Tim Johnson Mike Crapo


Many issues would come up. On health care, it is possible the Senate might take a scalpel rather than a sledgehammer to the ACA, for example by repealing the excise tax on medical devices. However, doing only that would disappoint House Republicans.

A Republican Congress would probably lead to a budget for the first time in years. However, the budget is nonbinding and serves only as a guide for appropriations bills, many of which Obama would veto.

The Republicans would likely try to repeal or weaken the Dodd-Frank Act, but the Democrats would certainly filibuster any attempt to remove the few restrictions the law placed on the banks. Knowing that, the chair of the Senate Banking Committee might try for small changes that could actually pass.

Another complication is that three Republican senators, Sen Rand Paul (R-KY), Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) are all likely to run for President in 2016 and all would want to play a major role in the Senate. They might well end up in conflict with one another in various areas.
 
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Anonymous

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loomixguy said:
So the answer is to keep the status quo? Do NOTHING, as you say so often?

ARE YOU RETARDED?

NO that is not what I said-- I'm just saying I think everyones hopes of great change are going to be quickly dashed... Just because of a change in control- I don't see them all coming together singing Kumbaya- or even trying to promote any type of compromise...
The new Congress could easily be more dysfunctional then the last several record breaking ones...
 

Mike

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Do you really think that a Republican Senate will change anything Say what?

Yea. A Republican Senate could get a conviction in an Impeachment trial. :lol:

Then throw Biden out for being Constitutionally incompetent.

We really screwed up by not electing Romney. We could have had a real Statesman in the Pres. office now.
 

hypocritexposer

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So, if nothing has been done since the Repubs. took over the House, that should make Democrats like OT happy...it means "NO Change", from when the Dems. ran things, correct?

At the least, it will give the voters a chance to benefit from the Liberal/Progressive policies and vote them in again, on Nov. 4.
 
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Anonymous

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Mike said:
Do you really think that a Republican Senate will change anything Say what?

Yea. A Republican Senate could get a conviction in an Impeachment trial. :lol:

Then throw Biden out for being Constitutionally incompetent.

We really screwed up by not electing Romney. We could have had a real Statesman in the Pres. office now.


:lol: :lol: You need to lay off that white lightning...

Most polls figure the Senate makeup after the election will be about 52-48 in favor of Republicans (give or take a couple either way)... In order to convict on an Impeachement you need a Supermajority- at least 67 voting to convict....

And that is not going to happen.... All an impeachment would do is further tie up the Congress for the two years the Repubs have a majority- and further divide the nation on a partisan basis... And further lead the country to what George Washington believed could be the downfall of the country- partisan politics ...

He had believed that political parties would be the down fall of our
country. As he neared his resignation, George Washington wrote a letter to
the nation. He warned of the danger of political parties, and how they
would turn the government from a group of people interested in their
nation's future to a rabbling mob of power hungry professional
politicians. In short, he opposed political parties.
 

Mike

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George Washington is no longer with us. :roll:

Plus, the way the Dems are throwing Buckwheat under the bus nowdays, the Dems may bring up Articles of Impeachment themselves..... :lol: :lol:
 

Traveler

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Oldtimer said:
Mike said:
Do you really think that a Republican Senate will change anything Say what?

Yea. A Republican Senate could get a conviction in an Impeachment trial. :lol:

Then throw Biden out for being Constitutionally incompetent.

We really screwed up by not electing Romney. We could have had a real Statesman in the Pres. office now.


:lol: :lol: You need to lay off that white lightning...

Most polls figure the Senate makeup after the election will be about 52-48 in favor of Republicans (give or take a couple either way)... In order to convict on an Impeachement you need a Supermajority- at least 67 voting to convict....

And that is not going to happen.... All an impeachment would do is further tie up the Congress for the two years the Repubs have a majority- and further divide the nation on a partisan basis... And further lead the country to what George Washington believed could be the downfall of the country- partisan politics ...

He had believed that political parties would be the down fall of our
country. As he neared his resignation, George Washington wrote a letter to
the nation. He warned of the danger of political parties, and how they
would turn the government from a group of people interested in their
nation's future to a rabbling mob of power hungry professional
politicians. In short, he opposed political parties.
So would George Washington have been in favor of impeaching Nixon? Was that done by a rabbling mob of power hungry politicians?
 
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Traveler said:
Oldtimer said:
Mike said:
Yea. A Republican Senate could get a conviction in an Impeachment trial. :lol:

Then throw Biden out for being Constitutionally incompetent.

We really screwed up by not electing Romney. We could have had a real Statesman in the Pres. office now.


:lol: :lol: You need to lay off that white lightning...

Most polls figure the Senate makeup after the election will be about 52-48 in favor of Republicans (give or take a couple either way)... In order to convict on an Impeachement you need a Supermajority- at least 67 voting to convict....

And that is not going to happen.... All an impeachment would do is further tie up the Congress for the two years the Repubs have a majority- and further divide the nation on a partisan basis... And further lead the country to what George Washington believed could be the downfall of the country- partisan politics ...

He had believed that political parties would be the down fall of our
country. As he neared his resignation, George Washington wrote a letter to
the nation. He warned of the danger of political parties, and how they
would turn the government from a group of people interested in their
nation's future to a rabbling mob of power hungry professional
politicians. In short, he opposed political parties.
So would George Washington have been in favor of impeaching Nixon? Was that done by a rabbling mob of power hungry politicians?

You need to go back to history class-- Nixon was never Impeached....
 

Traveler

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Oldtimer said:
Traveler said:
Oldtimer said:
:lol: :lol: You need to lay off that white lightning...

Most polls figure the Senate makeup after the election will be about 52-48 in favor of Republicans (give or take a couple either way)... In order to convict on an Impeachement you need a Supermajority- at least 67 voting to convict....

And that is not going to happen.... All an impeachment would do is further tie up the Congress for the two years the Repubs have a majority- and further divide the nation on a partisan basis... And further lead the country to what George Washington believed could be the downfall of the country- partisan politics ...
So would George Washington have been in favor of impeaching Nixon? Was that done by a rabbling mob of power hungry politicians?

You need to go back to history class-- Nixon was never Impeached....
You're right, my brain fart, he resigned before he was formerly impeached. But were the articles of impeachment that were approved by the House Judiciary Committee appropriate or was it harmful to the country?
 

hypocritexposer

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Why would any policies have to be changed, or added, when OT claimed everything was swell, under the Dem. majority?

Nothing has changed, if the Repubs. haven't done anything...

...the status quo has been the same since the Dems. held the majority.
 

Steve

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Do you really think that a Republican Senate will change anything

well for starters they can take the 300 or so bills that Harry Reid has been "sitting on" and at least debate them....

there are 352 bills sitting on Harry Reid's desk and that 55 of them were introduced by Democrats.

"Numbers never lie: Over 50% of the 352 bills sitting on Harry Reid's desk passed the House unanimously, zero opposition. #StuckInTheSenate"
 

loomixguy

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The Fatman doesn't want that. He wants the status quo. NO CHANGE. After all, it's worked so well for the past 6 years. :roll:

I swear, his IQ level is that of the temperature of a meat cooler.
 
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