Who woulda thunk? Congress' approval drops to 35% -- same as Bush's

Congress' approval drops to 35% -- same as Bush's
May 13, 2007
BY ALAN FRAM WASHINGTON -- The caustic four-month stalemate over Iraq between President Bush and the Democratic-led Congress has produced plenty of sharp rhetoric, one veto and a dismal public view of the president and his Capitol Hill adversaries.
In an AP-Ipsos poll, a scant 35 percent of people said they approve of the overall job Bush is doing -- the same amount who rated Congress positively. That represented a 5 percentage point drop for lawmakers since last month, and left Bush at the same meager level he has been stuck at for months -- and near his record low in the AP-Ipsos poll of 32 percent last January.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was viewed more favorably than both but faces problems of her own, including a gender gap in which significantly fewer men than women support her. Backing is also eroding among younger voters and other groups.
Members of both parties point to Iraq as the culprit. The poll involved phone interviews with 1,000 adults. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
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