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Throw the bums out: poll

The vast majority of Americans don’t approve of Congress, according to a poll released yesterday.

Only 17 percent of those surveyed in The Wall Street Journal/NBC poll approve of Washington’s legislative branch, while 77 percent disapprove.

In fact, half of the Americans surveyed would vote to replace every single member of Congress if they were given a choice.

The 50 percent of respondents who would start from scratch would even get rid of their own representatives, according to the poll. Forty-five percent were happy with their own representatives.

The poll has a margin of error of 3.1 percent.