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There are no winners in the government shutdown farce, and the approval rate of Congress has dropped to the bottom of 10%

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There are no winners in the government shutdown farce, and the approval rate of Congress has dropped to the bottom of 10% Just when the two parties in Congress are struggling to break the budget impasse over the health care reform law, leading to a partial government shutdown...

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Just as the two parties in Congress are struggling to break through the budget impasse over the health care reform law, leading to a partial government shutdown, the latest poll shows that congressional support has hit a trough of 10%.

According to the results of a CNN/ORC International poll released on Monday, not only did Congress and its leaders go down in history for their mistakes, but it also gave the Tea Party, Republicans and Democrats all a long-term and disgraceful reputation.

According to the poll results, only 10% of Americans said they approved of Congress' actions, which was the lowest approval rate in the CNN poll. As many as 87% of people said they disapproved of the actions of members of Congress, which exceeded all previous CNN polls.

CNN's latest poll results from Friday to Sunday showed that Congress' support rate plummeted by 10 percentage points from the poll results at the beginning of last month. The 87% disapproval rate also increased by 9 percentage points from the poll results in early September.

Although Americans' support for Congress has plummeted, President Obama's approval rating, although less than 50%, is still basically the same as the poll results at the beginning of the month.

Among Americans polled, 44% approved of Obama's approach and 53% disapproved. The CNN poll at the beginning of the month showed that 45% of people approved and 52% disapproved, which is basically the same.

Although support among Democrats remains higher than among Republicans, CNN polls show that its support has dropped significantly since the spring.

According to polls, 43% of the people support the Democratic Party, but 52% do not support it. In a CNN poll in May this year, the two ratios were opposite.

When the Democratic Party's support rate dropped by 9 percentage points, the Republican support rate also dropped from 35% to 32%, and more than 60% of the people did not support the Republican Party.

According to the New York Times, the first government shutdown in nearly 20 years began in the early hours of Tuesday morning as the House of Representatives, Senate and the White House failed to break the budget impasse on Monday. About 800,000 federal employees will be furloughed starting today, and more than 1 million employees will go to work without pay.

As the House and Senate failed to reach any agreement after a day of "kickball" with each other on Monday, the Office of Management and Budget issued an order at nearly midnight last night that agencies must implement an orderly shutdown plan because Congress has not appropriated funds.

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