Even Republicans Cant Stand the Republican Congress
Republican voters are not happy with their party's stalled efforts to pass legislation through a Congress where they have full control, according to a new poll. The Quinnipiac University survey released Wednesday found that 61 of Republican voters disapprove of the the way their party is navigating Congress, while only 32 approve. Overall, 78 of American voters disapprove of the job Republicans are doing in Congress, and only 15 approve. , Those are grim statistics for Republicans with the 2018 midterm elections on the horizon. Forty-four percent of independent voters said they want Democrats to regain control of the House of Representatives in the 2018 elections, and 47 said they want Democrats to regain control of the Senate. Currently, 63 of voters disapprove of the job Democrats are doing in Congress, according to the poll. With the exception of a Hurricane Harvey relief bill that simultaneously extended the debt ceiling for three months  the result of negotiations between President Donald Trump and Democratic congressional leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi  Republicans have yet to enact a significant piece of legislation since the Trump took office. They have also failed to fulfill their years-long pledge to repeal former President Barack Obama's health care law. The dissatisfaction extends to Trump, too 57 of voters disapprove of the way the President is handling his job, 59 do not think he is honest, and 67 do not think he is level headed. His Twitter habit also remains widely unpopular 69 want him to stop tweeting. The poll, conducted from Sept. 21-26, has a margin of error of plus or minus e.1 percentage points.