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To: KLP who wrote (206869)	10/25/2006 7:24:03 AM
From: jttmab	Respond to of 281500

Poll Signals More Republican Woes As Disapproval of Congress Grows By JACKIE CALMES and JOHN HARWOOD October 19, 2006; Page A1 WASHINGTON -- With just 19 days until the midterm elections, a new poll shows both President Bush and his party in worse shape among voters than Democrats were in the October before they lost control of Capitol Hill a dozen years ago. Support for the Republican-led Congress has eroded to its lowest point since the party's watershed 1994 victory that brought it House and Senate majorities. A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll illustrates the political toll Republicans are paying for rising discontent over the Iraq war, as well as a spate of scandals including the disclosure that Republican House leaders knew of inappropriate emails to House pages from Florida Rep. Mark Foley, who resigned late last month. Voters' approval of Congress has fallen to 16% from 20% since early September, while their disapproval has risen to 75% from 65%. ... online.wsj.com