Byron York
Washington Examiner
9/13/2010
Gallup has released a new poll asking respondents to assess the major accomplishments of Congress in the last two years: the national health care bill, the stimulus, the bailout of auto companies, the bailout of major banks and financial institutions, and the financial regulatory reform bill. The pollsters found majority opposition to all those measures, with the exception of financial reform.
The numbers: Bank bailouts, 61 percent disapprove versus 37 percent approve; national health care, 56 percent disapprove versus 39 percent approve; auto bailouts, 56 percent disapprove versus 43 percent approve; stimulus, 52 percent disapprove versus 43 percent approve. Only financial reform, with 61 percent approve versus 37 percent disapprove, is a winner for the representatives and senators seeking re-election.
Although the bank bailout was passed with significant bipartisan support, the news is terrible mostly for the House and Senate Democratic leadership…
The article continues at the Washington Examiner
Read also at the Examiner:
Pelosi has pocketed nearly twice as much lobbyist cash as Boehner
OpenSecrets.org finds campaign contributions by reporters, editors, publishers, other media figures
