Bush's approval rating hits new low (AP/Ipsos Poll 32% approval)

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070112/ap_on_go_co/congress_bush_ap_poll

WASHINGTON - Public approval of Congress has edged up a bit now that Democrats are back in control, but it's still nothing to write home about. Approval for the way Congress is handling its job rose to 32 percent in the latest AP-Ipsos poll, up from a meager 27 percent a month earlier. That puts Congress on par with President Bush, whose 32 percent approval rating represents a new low for him in AP-Ipsos polling.

The Democrats, led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (news, bio, voting record), took control of Congress when the new session began on Jan. 4.

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Jackie Imler, 51, of Versailles, Mo., was among those polled this week who disapproved of Congress' job performance, but she said she's hopeful that will change.

"I think in the past few years, things have gone towards big business and not the middle class, so I'm hoping things will turn around with the new Congress," she said.

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Other groups that showed relatively large increases in their approval ratings for Congress included adults aged 35 and older, Midwesterners and Westerners, single women and white evangelical Christians.

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