When you have people going to the floor of the Senate or the House saying our goal is to make sure the President has one term, that’s not what you’re elected for.”Ĭhancellor cites lack of moderates as one of the issues with Congress. They’re not trying to compromise or work anything out.

Frederick Chancellor says,“I’ve had a low opinion about Congress’s functions for quite a while because Republicans don’t want to do anything except defeat Obama. Instead of solving the crises in the Middle East or fixing education, American Congressmen seemed to spend much of their year playing political chess, and the result was a stalemate. In 2011, threat of federal government shutdown was headlined frequently. It is not hard to understand why the public has a low opinion of Congress. Undeniably, the challenges Congress face are immense, and adhering to the wishes of the public is arguably the hardest job of all, but when asked for one thing Congress has done recently that is good, neither of the proponents had an answer. Shamil says, “They’re not doing superb, but they’re doing their best, and that’s a start.” Pei adds, “They haven’t given up.” Two of these students are sophomore Zamir Shamil and sophomore Jacqueline Pei, who happens to be a part of the Harvard Model Congress Club.Įven so, both have few encouraging words to say about Congress. Out of the many educated students of Aragon, very few approve. Disgruntled Americans still far outnumber proponents even the war in Afghanistan has a higher approval rating at 23 percent according to a CBS poll. With its most remarkable score yet, Congress landed an approval rating of a dismal 10 percent in February, according to a Gallup survey.

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