Pollsess pulls poorly poorly and this trend is bipartisan. Democrats and republicans, most assignment a failing grade. Over the past decade, congress has not once approved in Approval Rating over 30 . Congresss 990s, Approval Ratings were in the 40s and the 50s. Today, they are in the teens and 20s. Once thought to be the great repository of americas republican principles, it is now a broken branch. Why has Congress Come to this point . Martha causes . Has anything changed since trumps election and the democratic takeover of the house . Can this state of affairs be changed . To answer this question, we have assembled a distinguished panel of experts on congress with a variety of perspectives and i will introduce them quickly in alphabetical order. I will introduce them all so we can launch into their remarks. Our first speaker is catherine pearson, associate professor of Political Science at the university of minnesota. She worked for several years as an assistant to several members of
Make a comment via social media. If you want to continue our if you want to continue the conversation on our Facebook Page, you can always email journal cspan. Org. Times thisshington morning this is impolitic out in politico again, that is from politico this morning. Ais also a site article side article we want to hear from you on president obamas leadership on syria. We are going to begin with a call from new orleans. Orion ryan on the democrats line. Ryan on the democrats line. Hes doing a good job of leading but i think on this issue he is wrong. The hell bound southerners of theUnited States, i think hell bound people of the south are only going to abuse obama because they want to go against him. That is what i have to say. Stephen inis maryland on the republican line. Good morning. I just want to say that i think obama needs to show more leadership. He passed the burden off the congress and we already know that congress hasnt been showing great leadership in the past couple of ye