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Congressional Leaders Deeply Unpopular As Debt Limit Confrontation Looms

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A new NBC report has found that US voters continue to have a low opinion of Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress as legislative gridlock sets in and a showdown looms over the debt ceiling and government spending.

  • NBC: “The Democrats leading the House and Senate both have higher net ratings in the new NBC News Poll's feeling thermometer than the Republican congressional leaders do, even though all four lawmakers remain either largely unpopular or unknown.”
Figure 1:Voter Views on Congressional Leadership (NBC)

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