The House votes no after no
Jimmy Carter's 19% approval rating in the polls may be a record low for a President, but Congress is doing even worse.
An Associated Press-NBC News survey found that only 13% of the public has esteem for the Legislative Branch. Last week the Housewith some help from the Presidentgave a solid demonstration of why it rates so badly.
The first fumble concerned the budget for fiscal 1980, which begins next Monday. Two weeks ago, Senate hawks wrung a promise from Carter to support an additional 3% increase, after allowing for inflation, in the defense budget for next year....
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