City Data House GOP approval rating (Pelosi, poll, Obama, party)

[VTHokieFan]

It's only a fair question since Obama has his own approval rating poll on here. I understand the House has Democrats as well, but let's be honest, it's a governing body that will 95% of the time go along with the Republican party platform. So how are they doing?

[Suffolk2010]

Bad. All of them have failed. And continue to fail.

[trlhiker]

Originally Posted by Suffolk2010

Bad. All of them have failed. And continue to fail.

^^^^^This.

[wutitiz]

I am actually ok with the job that the house has done since 2010. They held off Obama's furious push for gun control earlier this year. How many people would have guessed back in January that zero new federal gun control legislation would get through? We'll have to wait to see what happens w/ immigration.

If you look at spending, they have not cut it, but they haven't allowed it to keep spiking up, as it did under Pelosi. I don't think they have the political capital to undertake the drastic cuts in spending that we really need. Remember, R's kept the house in 2012 only by virtue of gerrymandering. D house candidates in 2012 actually got more total votes than R candidates in 2012.
House Democrats got more votes than House Republicans. Yet Boehner says he’s got a mandate?

Here are total spending numbers, inflation adjusted, from 2004-2013
Historical Federal Receipt and Outlay Summary
(in trillions)
2004 $2.377
2005 2.472
2006 2.563
2007 2.565
2008 2.703
2009 3.173
2010 3.081
2011 3.126
2012 3.022
2013 3.086 (estimated)

It's an ugly picture all around, but I like the trend line from 2010-2013 a whole lot better than the trend line from 2006-2009.