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This week, Congress reminded Americans exactly why its public approval rating is 20%.
The media tells us that Americans are hopelessly divided. Yet almost everyone agrees that Congress isn't doing its job.
It doesn’t take a polling expert to tell you why. Voters want Washington to solve problems. To help make their lives better. Not to put on political theater.
It doesn’t take a polling expert to tell you why. Voters want Washington to solve problems. To help make their lives better. Not to put on political theater.
Americans know the drill: Careerist politicians yell. They stage hearings. They make themselves look busy. And then do *nothing* of actual substance.
No one is buying it. 4% of Americans today say they have a high level of trust in our country's legislative branch.
4 percent.
No one is buying it. 4% of Americans today say they have a high level of trust in our country's legislative branch.
4 percent.
Congressional Democrats don’t even pretend to care about governing now.
Not fixing our immigration system.
Not rebuilding our infrastructure.
Not lowering prescription drug prices.
Not anything the American people want and need Washington to help fix.
Not fixing our immigration system.
Not rebuilding our infrastructure.
Not lowering prescription drug prices.
Not anything the American people want and need Washington to help fix.
Donald Trump is President largely because Americans couldn’t stand another minute of Washington's do-nothing, business-as-usual, never-ending partisan Beltway spectacle.
And this week, in the halls of Congress, the swamp proved that it hasn’t listened to a single word of it.
And this week, in the halls of Congress, the swamp proved that it hasn’t listened to a single word of it.
