Updated: Feb. 9, 2012 at 9:50 AM
Ten things more popular than Congress (10 images)
A new Gallup poll has revealed Congress' approval rating has hit an all-time low of 10 percent, dropping from 13 percent in January. Here's a list of 10 things that amazingly, more Americans have approved of than the current Congress.
A new CBS News Poll revealed that Congress' approval rating has hit an all-time low of 9 percent, the first time the rating has hit single digits since the polls' inception in 1977. This all begs the question, what does Congress now rank behind? First is the IRS, which posted a 40 percent approval rating in a 2009 Gallup poll. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
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Former President Richard Nixon's approval rating during the Watergate scandal that eventually ended his presidency sat at 24 percent in a 1974 Gallup poll. (UPI Photo/Darryl Heikes/Files)
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In the most shocking of all of the polled sentiments, more Americans approve of their country becoming a Communist nation than approve of Congress, at 11 percent. UPI/Stephen Shaver
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Just this year, 29 percent of Americans approved of the airline industry in a Gallup poll. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
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