The disapproval rating for Congress was the highest in the 34 years the question has been asked in the poll and up from the previous high of 77 percent set in May 2010.
Disapproval of Republicans was slightly higher, with 72 percent of poll respondents disapproving of how they handled the debt ceiling negotiations, while 60 percent disapproved how Democrats had acted.
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