No small feat.

Via The Hill:

Congress’s approval rating rose to the highest level in nearly a year as lawmakers resisted President Obama’s call for military action against Syria.

A new Gallup poll released Thursday found a 5-percentage-point increase in Congress’s popularity to 19 percent.

Congress’s approval rating was likely buoyed by the Syria debate, which saw Obama ask Congress to authorize the use of military force in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack.’

Lawmakers expressed skepticism about the request, and it appeared that Obama had not corralled enough votes for an authorization before Syria’s offer to turn over its chemical weapons cache earlier this week. With polling consistently showing that Americans disapproved of military action, Congress’s resistance to action might have benefited their poll numbers.

http://weaselzippers.us/2013/09/12/obama...ttack-on-syria/

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Congress’s approval rating was likely buoyed by the Syria debate....

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I think it was likely buoyed by talk of defunding Zerocare.

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Also, their spirits have been bouyed by the exhilarating sight of the Republican Congress, standing like a mighty fortress against amnesty!

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Also, their spirits have been bouyed by the exhilarating sight of the Republican Congress, standing like a mighty fortress against amnesty!

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It's September 12.....has it passed yet?

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It's September 12.....has it passed yet?

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In June, you were flipping out because (supposedly) they were going to "ram" it through post haste.

Don't you ever get tired of being wrong?

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You are clearly under the mistaken impression that the GOP has a monopolistic control of the federal government.

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No. I claim that they are in full league with the people who are in charge of the federal govt'....The Rats.

[quote]The fact is, the GOP is (temporarily) a minority party.

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Incidentally, I heard congressmen Gowdy and Chaffetz yesterday say (echoing CTG) that the defunding scheme you advocate is doomed.

They said (as I have repeatedly told you) the problem is the Senate....there just aren't enough Republicans there.

Their point was: America needs more Republicans (something Mr. Wonderful has been ever vigilant to lovingly remind you about)!

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