Poll Tracker

Congress has scored its lowest marks yet when it comes to approval of the way it is doing its job says a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted .July 1. Only 9 percent of respondents in this poll said Congress was doing a good or excellent job and 62 percent do not believe that Congress, over the last year, has passed any legislation that will significantly improve life in the U.S. Asked whether over the next year if they believed Congress will address the most important problems facing the nation, voters said by a 55 percent to 41 percent margin that it was not very likely. Seventy-two percent said members of Congress were more interested in their own careers than helping people.