claim: "you know, the approval rating of congress is down to 13 percent."
author: john mccain
evidence_1: oct 26, 2011 ... the approval rating of congress has hit yet another pathetic new ... december 16 , 2010: “and you saw the approval rating of 13 percent. ... but you know, you get  down that low, you get down to paid staffers and blood relatives ...
evidence_2: do you approve or disapprove of the way congress is handling its job? ... 2017  oct 5-11, 13, 80, 7 ..... as you know, our federal government is made up of three  branches: an executive branch, headed by the president; ..... americans' approval  of congress is unchanged at 16% in september, tied for the lowest rating of 2017 .
evidence_3: mar 31, 2016 ... in 2014, congress had an approval rating in the neighborhood of 13 to 15  percent; nonetheless, 95 percent of incumbents ... your constituents know who  you are, and they see you in the news doing important congressional things. ... is  going up while approval of the republican congress is going down.
evidence_4: aug 24, 2017 ... 24, 2017 at 1:13 pm ... his disapproval rating was 56.8 percent, up only slightly  from 56.3 percent ... the fact that republicans in congress have become much  more ... nonetheless, approval ratings provide a reality check of sorts, as the ...  still, if you're looking to estimate when trump really might hit a floor, ...
evidence_5: realclearpolitics - election other - congressional job approval. ... all  congressional job approval polling data. realclearpolitics. rcp poll average.