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Congressional Approval at 11 Percent (Audio)

The new Gallup poll shows that Americans have very little confidence in Congress.

Only 11 % in the poll said they have confidence in Congress.  President Obama is at 36%, newspapers are at 25% and TV news is at 22%.

Confidence in Congress, by the way, was 17% in 2009.

On the show tonight, Texas Tribune CEO and Editor-in-Chief Evan Smith joined me to talk about why people have so little confidence in all these institutions.  We also got into how this could affect the Texas Governor's race.  Listen below:

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- Scott Braddock

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