This poll is more proof that pretty much everyone hates Congress

A new poll from the Pew Research Center shows once again that disliking Congress has become an increasingly widespread and bipartisan hobby.

Only 23 percent of poll respondents agreed that congressional Republicans "are keeping the promises they made during last fall's campaign." After the first few months of 2011's GOP Congress, 33 percent of respondents said lawmakers were keeping their campaign promises. That number was 40 percent for the Dem Congress in 2007, and a whopping 59 percent for the GOP in 1995.

Only 41 percent of Republicans today approve of the Republican-led Congress. Compare that to 60 percent in April 2011.

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The poll surveyed 2,002 adults from May 12-18.