Approval Quote by Robert Byrd

Making recess appointments when the Senate isn't in recess is neither rational nor moderate. It's a raw misuse of executive power by a president…

— John Podhoretz

I used to sit on the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue and wonder why the Senate was always going into recess, until in my…

— Hillary Clinton

“we senators get recesses, but Senate recesses aren’t really breaks. They’re just periods of time where we’re doing different kinds of work, like traveling…

— Al Franken

When I first arrived, I likened Congress to being back in school again as a freshman. Well, just like school, we have an 'August…

— Jared Polis

I don't spend a lot of time thinking about the ratings of Congress. I really don't.

— Nancy Pelosi

There's a big gap between public opinion polls and the vote in Washington, in Congress.

— Gloria Steinem

Congress as a whole is less popular than it's been since polling was invented.

— Jim Cooper

I mean, it's pretty disillusioning for all of us right now, and we feel pretty helpless when Congress, their approval rating is thirteen percent,…

— Christopher Cross

What might be good for ratings can be bad for the country. The hard-core partisans are self-segregating themselves into separate political realities. But the…

— John Avlon

To get Congress to do anything.

— Helen Keller

Voters went to the polls in record numbers in 2020 to make their voices heard, and it's crucial that Congress takes action to protect…

— Ben Ray Lujan

There's a big gap between public opinion polls and the vote in Washington, in Congress. The majority consciousness has changed, and often that has…

— Gloria Steinem