An investigative journalist and author in Florida criticizes Congress for inflicting œharm to large portions of the country,” a fact that has pushed its approval rating to an all-time low.
Recent public opinion polls highlight the depth of negative sentiment towards Congress.
An Associated Press-GfK survey released Wednesday found that just 5 percent of the public approves of the job their representatives are doing in Congress, while 83 percent disapprove. Eleven percent said they neither approved nor disapproved.
œThere™s not a whole lot of faith in the Congress right now,” Wayne Madesn told Press TV on Saturday.
œCongress has now actually caused harm to large portions of the country, all sorts of services are now being impacted,” Madesn said, referring to a government shutdown that began October 1 as Congress and the White House failed to agree on a budget to fund the government.
œThere™s also the threat with the failure to reach the debt ceiling agreement, that Social Security checks would stop, Medicare payments would stop and this has been a real shock across the board.”
A recent Gallup poll has shown that only 18 percent of Americans are satisfied with the way the nation is being governed, which is the lowest government satisfaction rating in the organization™s history of asking the question since 1971.
The findings are the latest in a series of reports highlighting the negative impact of the US government shutdown on Americans™ attitude.
œCongress actually went out of its way to harm the public,” Madsen said.
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