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New report shows congress rating at all time low
Posted: 03.22.2010 at 10:58 AM
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Congress continues to get some of its lower marks ever from voters.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 11% of voters rate Congress' performance as good or excellent, a range it's been hovering in since late 2007.

64% say Congress is doing a poor job. That's a seven-point improvement from last month's 71%, the highest negative grade recorded in more than 40 months of tracking. But 64% is the second worst grade the legislators have earned in that same time period and is up 21 points from late March last year.

It's important to note, however, that this survey was taken Friday and Saturday nights - before the House's 219-to-212 vote to pass the controversial national health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats.

To read more on the survey click here.

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