THE STORY THAT SPARKED THESE COMMENTS DOESN'T TAKE A GENIUS TO FIGURE OUT! READ THE COMMENTS AND THEN STORY THAT FOLLOWS ... SO, YOU SEE YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN YOUR THINKING ... HOW BLIND AND DIS-ENGAGED IS THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TO ALLOW GOVERNMENT TO TAKE OVER ALL ASPECTS OF THE INDIVIDUALISM AND LIFE CHOICES. GOVERNMENT AND HUMAN NATURE IN SMALL GROUPS IS LIKE A WILD ANIMAL, PACK MENTALITY AND IT CAN NEVER BE TRUSTED!

Charles Robert
11 hours ago
Despite a 6% approval rating, they enjoy a 95% re-election rate. The system is rigged.
- MsTheresaKelly1 Charles Robert
  10 hours ago
  The system being rigged, is obvious with numbers like this!
  We've got to start doing re-calls on supposed reelected politicians!
  We must demand re-calls and demand that electronic voting machines be removed from polling stations!
  - LexTerrae MsTheresaKelly1
    4 hours ago
    
    A simpler solution is term limits for congress and the judiciary just as we have for the administrative branch. A lifetime limit of 12 years of service in an elected, appointed, consulting, or lobbying capacity should be the rule. As a start, set the House terms at 3 years to reduce some of the contest fund raising and campaigning that goes on there. Leave Senate terms at 6 years. With congressional terms set on 3 year boundaries, a member of the House could serve 2 terms in that body and a single 6 year term in the Senate. A member of the Senate could serve only 2 terms in that body if there had been no prior service. Appoint judges for single 12 terms.
    
    A simple constitutional amendment could make this happen.
    - WayneLLewis LexTerrae
      an hour ago
      
      Simple? Could only be done via a Constitutional Convention. That way Congress is totally removed from the process. Essentially, the entire federal government is removed - State only participation. It would only take 3 states to vote to hold one and you will see stark panic in DC!

New low for Congress: Just 6 percent approve, finally lower than car salespeople

The public’s approval rating for Congress has finally hit rock bottom: For the first time, America has a higher opinion of car salespeople.

A new Economist/YouGov.com poll put the approval rating of Congress at a historic low of 6 percent. A December 2012 Gallup poll comparing Congress' approval ratings to other occupations had car salespeople at the bottom at 8 percent and Congress at 10 percent. Now Congress is the cellar dweller.

The nation’s bad opinion of Congress, impacted by inaction, budget fights and the battle over the filibuster, has also spread to Senate leaders. Just 19 percent approve of Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell while 54 percent disapprove. Democratic leader Sen. Harry Reid’s ratings are 52 percent unfavorable, 25 percent favorable.

“What Americans are sure about is how they feel about Congress in general. They don’t like it, and haven’t liked it for a while,” said the poll. “But Congress’s approval rating in this week’s Economist/YouGov Poll matches its all-time low. Just 6 percent approve of the way Congress is handling its job. 72 percent disapprove.”

“Only 10 percent of Democrats, 7 percent of Republicans, and 3 percent of independents approve of Congress.”