CNN released the results of a newly published national poll which concluded that possibly two-thirds of Americans think the 113th Congress has been the worst they have ever experienced, calling it a "do-nothing" Congress.
The poll conducted for CNN by ORC International, a global marketing company, is comprised of 1,035 adults who were questioned via telephone and may contain a sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points, CNN reported.
Out of the people polled, two-thirds stated the current Congress is "the worst in their lifetime," and only 28 percent disagreed, CNN reported.
"That sentiment exists among all demographic and political subgroups. Men, women, rich, poor, young, old - all think this year's Congress has been the worst they can remember," CNN Polling Director Keating Holland said. "Older Americans - who have lived through more congresses - hold more negative views of the 113th Congress than younger Americans. Republicans, Democrats and independents also agree that this has been the worst session of Congress in their lifetimes."
Though the 113th Congress passed a major budget deal, less than 60 bills have been signed into law in the first year of their two year stay, CNN reported. Still, 73 percent of of those who participated in the survey think the current Congress have not done anything about the country's problems.
Since next year is an election year, not many more bills are expected to be signed into law than this year, which will then make the current Congress the least productive the United States has had in the last four decades, CNN reported.
The polls also showed that dissatisfaction is present on both the Democratic and Republican side, according to CNN.
"Negative attitudes extend to both sides of the aisle: 52 percent believe that the policies of the Democratic leaders in Congress would move the country in the wrong direction; 54 percent say the same about the policies of congressional Republicans," Holland said, adding that 54 percent of those polled say the same thing about President Barack Obama's policies.
