As we start a new year, the approval ratings of members of Congress are still at historic lows. After bottoming out at 12% last February, Congressional approval is now hovering at a sorry 17%.

“When Congress makes a joke it’s a law, and when they make a law, it’s a joke.” Rogers — America’s first great Mister Rogers — spoke these words in the 1920s and 1930s, but they’re ...

As we head into the New Year, the approval ratings of the U.S. Congress are still at historic lows. After bottoming out at 12% last February, Congressional approval is now hovering at a sorry 17%.