A new poll has shown that almost three-quarters of Americans disapprove of Republicans as the US government shutdown has entered its third week.\n<\/p>\n
According to an ABC\/Washington Post poll, released on Monday, 74 percent of respondents dislike the way Republicans are dealing with the country™s budget crisis. The disapproval of the GOP has increased 11 percentage points since before the shutdown began.\n<\/p>\n
Findings from the poll also show that 61 percent of Americans disapprove of congressional Democrats™ handling of the crisis as 53 percent dislike Obama™s. The figures rose 5 points and 3 points, respectively, from late September.\n<\/p>\n
A growing number of polls have recently shown that the American people are not satisfied with the way the nation is being governed and want an end to the government shutdown.\n<\/p>\n
According to a recent Gallup poll, 60 percent of Americans say their country needs a third major party because the Democratic and Republican parties do such a poor job that they cannot adequately represent the American people.\n<\/p>\n
The US government has shut down much of its function since October 1 as the two houses of Congress have failed to agree on a budget to keep funding government operations.\n<\/p>\n
President Barack Obama and congressional leaders have yet failed to agree on a deal to end the shutdown and raise the country™s current $16.7 trillion debt limit, whose deadline is October 17. Failure to raise the nation™s borrowing limit will trigger the first default on US debt in history.\n<\/p>\n
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