The first seven months of a new Republican-controlled Congress have ended, and House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., wants Americans to know the GOP is just beginning its work to provide solutions for the American people.
“Instead of top-down bureaucrats picking winners and losers, our goal is an opportunity economy built on good-paying jobs and the freedom to innovate,” McMorris Rodgers said. “We are just getting started on solving problems to empower you have the opportunity to pursue your own future and reach your full potential.”
McMorris Rodgers provided a list of things the GOP is happy to have accomplished, including ending the bulk collection of phone data, enacting some entitlement reforms, and passing the first balanced budget plan to make it through both chambers since 2001. She also said Republicans “ensured that Congress will have a say on the bad nuclear deal with Iran,” and have improved care for veterans.
Despite this, the American people still hold lawmakers in low regard — just 18 percent of those surveyed in an Economist/YouGov poll conducted earlier this month approve of the job Congress has done.
While dissatisfaction with Congress is spread across party lines, presidential polling also provides key insight into the minds of Republican voters and those who would consider voting for the GOP. Despite more than a dozen current or former GOP-elected officials running for president, voters have chosen Donald Trump, a businessman and reality TV star, as the Republican front-runner. He has never held elective office, and is quick to portray himself as a straight-talking outsider on the stump.
