86.93%	Replace Congress and start all over
12.56%	Keep Congress. Our lawmakers are doing a good job.

Comment: Replace those who voted for health care and stimulus plans. by Roy

Comment: Most have been there to long. THEY QUIT AFTER ELECTED it is a sad mess by Irvin

Comment: We should be able to run our government under one judicial I would also combined all law enforcement they just cant seemed to protect us they are always an after thought by Douglas

Comment: Fire them all. New members would participate in Social Security, have the same Health Care as everyone and no automatic raises. Also, term limits would be put in place. I am a registered Democratic that leans to the right. Both parties have forgotten that they are there to serve the people and do what is best for the country, not their own personal pet projects. PORK!!! by Don

Comment: Also limit to one four or six year term. No professional politicians. Even better, pick members of congress like we do juries. In the aggregate, we could do no worse by this method; and it would minimize the possibility of legislation for sale. by Ronald

Comment: They are over-payed for doing a lousy job!!! They can't figure out how to serve the people and the country. by Delbert

Comment: get rid of all of congress and senators along with all the lobbyist, the congress and senator let lobbyist tell them what to do with our health care ,while they all make money off of us get some regular people in. by lois

Comment: They have no clue about the concerns of average Americans!!! by Ron

Comment: I would limit them to a term limit just like the president of the U.S.. by jonny

Comment: I would replace every one of them and the senators also. If they wanted to lower the cost of health care, why didn't anyone offer a bill to force the drug companies to bid, to sell drugs in this country, like every other country in the world? Are they all bought by the drug companies? by Harold

Comment: They don't have the same health plan or retirement as WE, the people. They think they are so far above us they don't/can't relate to the little guy. As for jobs, all the democratic stimulus bridge and road building jobs doesn't help all the tech jobs/ business majors being sent to India and elsewhere. Higher taxes for us and free trips for them. by Marcia

Comment: They are not representing the people - out of touch. by Karen

Comment: congressmen and senators who serve more than 2 terms are far too powerful and become focused on how they can increase their bank accounts. I vote for term limits. by Tom

Comment: It's time for the younger generation to be elected into Congress because of their new ideas. by Warren

Comment: I have never seen so many people in such a powerful position have so little regard for the average U.S. citizen & taxpayer by Don

Comment: Congress has forgotten who they work for. by Dennis

Comment: There should be a term limit just like there is for President, same with the Senate. A 2 term limit should be put in place. by Robin

Comment: Sometimes we reach a point where it is best to start all over again from scratch, and I think that option might be appropriate here. by Margaret

Comment: Like the presidency I think there should be a limit on the number of years a congressperson can serve. That might keep our lawmakers ideas fresh. by shirley

Comment: Most of us have lost faith in our government. I think we need to remind them that they work for us, not the other way around. by Betty

Comment: Time for our elected officials to wake up and realize whats REALLY happening with the American public by Al

Comment: time for a complete change by leonard

Comment: After all the fiasco with traveling and taking the American taxpayers to the cleaners it's time we do some cleaning of our own. They have to start answering to someone. This includes the speaker of the house most definitely

Comment: I am very disappointed by the poor example the Congress sets for our children (examples: teamwork, ethical behavior & respect for others). Any single governmental body that abuses the rules and policies and claims they were unaware that they were doing so needs replacement. by Tim

Comment: They are a poor excuse to have leading the nation! by Debbie

Comment: I would probably get rid of the most of them; we couldn't do any worse, could we.

Comment: We need to vote out the liberal socialistic legislators, and replace them with those who will work for free enterprise. by Garth

Comment: They all are self serving and conveniently exclude themselves from any crappy laws they pass for "The other people" by Dan

Comment: Also limit their terms by Dale

Comment: Gee...I thought the Democrats would do a great job for our Country, but they are just as lame as their counterparts!

Comment: Informed citizens who don't just vote the party line help keep our government in check. When we are disengaged and not energized over major issues, the congress and senate assume they can pass what ever they want without being held accountable. by scott

Comment: Congress is no better then big business. Screw the little people...... by Larry

Comment: Several of the few hundred congressmen are truly trying to advocate for The People. Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D) of Ohio and his constituents are fine examples of what will make the changes that myself and The Majority of The People (that I know) want and need. What our government needs rid of is the corroding corruption from within- such as the simple facts that some leaders are in positions of incredible conflict of interest. (ie "working for" or "answering to" corporate leaders and the wealthiest of the world.) The global issue of our Paradox of Affluence needs to be addressed for a fresh, grassroots approach to change. by Zach

Comment: Replace Congress with representation that offers fiscal responsibility by Gary

Comment: Absolutely, presently they are not acting upon the wishes of the people who elected them by Bernie

Comment: I think we need to start over with a whole new Congress and also institute term limits for congressional positions. by Desiree

Comment: Congress is way out of touch. They can't handle a budget, nor prioritize. How about getting rid of the waste. How about feeding our hungry people. I love our country,our troops, but not Congress. by Connie

Comment: its time for our politicians to hear the voice of the people. we don't want bigger govt.and more taxes- are you crazy? Politicians are completely out of touch with the average working class American. We need a whole new government-//run by the people? our elected officials aren't doing what they promise and we have no voice anymore... by allan

Comment: The current leadership of the houses of congress are acting more like dictators than elected representatives. by David

Comment: Serving in Congress was not intended to be a career, as many of the present people see it. Term limits need to be established for congress!!! by Ken

Comment: Maybe the news bureaus including KGAN should do a better job of reporting just how bad Congress is screwing thing up as it seems the only true news is coming from Fox cable news. by bob

Comment: This is such an unfair poll! Your are asking if we want to throw the baby out with the bathwater. I want to keep the members of Congress who care about the voters like Harkin and Loebsack and get rid of Grassley and King who like profits more than people. by Maureen

Comment: Too many career politicians, take our Iowa senators for example. Term limits should be imposed, the retirement package abolished, and staffs minimized to reduce the number of posers in the capital. by Gary

Comment: Senators and Congressmen get too complacent. Term limits are the answer, but they will never vote to enact them upon themselves. by Sue

Comment: 1 Vote for ANYTHING not read gets you REPLACED. by Magik

Comment: They have stopped listening to the people, so let's all say something they can hear, "You're fired!" by Mark

Comment: Congress does what they want for themselves, not the people. The best way to describe them is "Figures don't lie, Liars figure! by Steven

Comment: The greed is unbelievable. It's time for a refreshing change. by Sandy

Comment: The only thing they will listen to is the ballot box. Get them ALL out. They need term limits and they need to have the same health plan we have. by Ted

Comment: Washington isn't listening. Let them start looking for a new job!

Comment: They are very corrupt and childish. I think the cameras in the House and Senate make this worse. by Laura

Comment: I think they should have to live like the rest of us. Paying into social security and for health insurance use medicare that does not cover dental work. Then they might rethink priorities. by karen

Comment: Not only replace but put a term limit on them. by Pamela

Comment: Replace them yes, but with people that have a clear declaration and understanding of the Constitution and the republic on which it was formed, because a democracy will always destroy the republic if left on checked. The courts have failed us and our elected reps have failed us. The bottom line is that we the people have failed to be involved intimately with the person's who are to representative us. Lets get to work America time is running out! by Robin

Comment: "We the people, by the people, for the people" no longer seems to exist. In today's US it's more like "We the Special Interest Groups, by way of our dollars, for Our interests only... for the people?... Screw 'Em! by Michael

Comment: I for one am tired of hearing how we are to cut back and pay more but they sure wouldn't cut back on their wages or health care and they do what they want not what the people want! No Government job should last any longer than 2 years. This will end part of the corruption in our government. by Tina

Comment: It has become a career rather than the service a representative government was meant to be. The ideal candidate platform should be that he or she will vote as a majority of their constituents direct. An alternative would be to switch to a referendum government but I don't believe we will ever reduce voter apathy to a level where this would be effective. by Andy

Comment: Starting with Pelosi. Can you spell dingbat? by gene

Comment: They are so far out of touch with real America they have no clue. Let them lose benefits or work for minimum wage and put them back where they have to live week to week and wonder how they are going to pay for things! by Rick

Comment: Most of Congress is what I call career politician. I think they should be limited to 8 years total. Any more they lose what they are there for, us the people. by Patsey

Comment: They are so out of touch - you'd think even they would notice. by Gene

Comment: As one of our founding fathers said, "if you lose integrity, democracy cannot survive." It seems nothing is done in the open. We need to start fresh and have term limits for all. by Elizabeth

Comment: too much bickering and not accomplishing anything because of it. by betty

Comment: Term Limits. Replace most Republicans and all the Democrats. by Jeff

Comment: Yes, I think we could do better. But the people might vote in somebody worse. by Loren

Comment: make them use regular insurance like the rest of us and no lifetime retirements for one or two terms. Also no double dipping for example, pensions and returning to work by dennis

Comment: They need to have a four to six year term. The money given the banks for bailout should of came to the American people to spend and boost the economy. The way it went it looks like its been pocketed. Replace the idiots that can't handle the money in the first place. THE GOVERNMENT IS CORRUPT! Tina by Tina

Comment: They are so out of touch with the average American. They have rich incomes, rich health care & many other benefits and perks that there is no way they can even begin to understand what the average American family is going through. They can take any amount of money from us and we have no power to not pay it be it through taxes, or taking away some of our benefits. We are on Social Security, both of us having worked hard for many years to earn that. Our latest statement from the government says that there has not been an increase in the cost of living therefore no increase in benefits. But yet they deserve a raise. AND they can give themselves that raise!! And for us they RAISE Medicare prices. They don't get it. Come November I pray the American people fire as many of them as we can. With their 6 year terms some of them will be there for a long time. How much damage can they do before we can finally be rid of them? by Alice

Comment: Throw the Bums Out. Time for Change, Our Change ! ! ! by Ann

Comment: Please forward these results to our state legislatures and Congress. by richard

Comment: we need term limits. by Gerry

Comment: I agree on making it only a 8 year term however congress is not going to pass that. I think it needs to be on the ballet and let the people vote on it that is the only way it will get changed. We put them there it is time for us to fire them all!!! by Tim

Comment: two terms are enough by daniel

Comment: Replace with God fearing, Christ following Christian's. They lie to get into office, then they follow it up with their lie's and because they can't follow through with their promise's they stall. Democrat or Republican all the same, they get into office and forget who put them there. by Marsha

Comment: Fire them! I strongly believe that term limits should be placed on them. The majority of them have forgotten who they represent, and what they are suppose to do. Over paid and under-worked, out of touch with reality. Seems the norm for the upper class politicians. by Doreen

Comment: need term limits no more than 6years any longer and they lose any sense of the reason they went to congress by Larry

Comment: Congress as a whole has forgotten who is their customer, and who actually fronts the money for their salary and benefits. The parties have too much control over the individuals. Contact me if you want my opinion on campaign finance reform. by David

Comment: doing the will of the voters!

Comment: get rid of all that voted for stimulus pkg an health plan plus any that have over eight years in office term limits should be between 6&8 years by Linda

Comment: They are all the same, in there for themselves and control of the country. We need less regulation and fewer taxes. by Scott

Comment: They need a better plan by Ann

Comment: Congress failed Americans with the credit card bill. We all are suffering because of their lack of respect for the middle class. We most definitely need a new system before its to late! Let"s see a nation wide survey next! Thank you. by John

Comment: We the people do not count, just the next election by Glenn

Comment: We need term limits for congress. by Cathy

Comment: We have had runaway spending since the Republicans controlled congress during George W Bush's first term. I wish we could do away with the parties and vote for the person. We are forced to chose between extreme right and extreme left wing candidates. Both scare me - how can we elect "middle of the road" candidates who realize questions and compromise make better legislation. by George

Comment: All incumbents should be replaced regardless of party. A message should be sent to the elected officials that they should listen to the voters. by Robert J.

Comment: Keep Congress, but enact the following changes: 1. Establish term limits - two term limit maximum as a representative or senator. 2. The pension for a congress person must be 20 years, not one term as it currently is. 3. All Americans are to be in one social security 'pot'. by Kurt

Comment: Fire them---then what? Who is there that should replace them---Who doesn't have an agenda-- that is honest, forthright & willing to do the right thing for our citizens. We have had a choice in electing past & present "Congress" and we failed too- Become complacent and grumbling about it. But sit on the sideline and have done nothing. So whos fault is it that "The Powers That BE" do NOT listen....Just another Blame game and we are as guilty as Congress is because we allowed them to get away with it!!! Shame on US by Patti

Comment: Limit congress to no more than 20% lawyers, while we're at it, too. Here's the point The Sage missed: America is supposed to be a land of 'representative government'.Is America 90% lawyers? Obviously not. So why is congress near that? Tell me again: How are rich lawyers 'representative' of our interests, especially when they know how to 'work the law'? Maybe this is just too damn obvious. by William

Comment: We can't get them out fast enough. by Dick

Comment: We need term limits. by A. F.

Comment: We put them into office, so now is the time to replace this congress, and put into place representatives that listen to us the people...... by Jean

Comment: we need new people with their heads on straight, and not up there behinds like our current congress. by John

Comment: We need to get rid of the good olde boys club. They are ruining the country. by judy

Comment: I am saying to replace Congress, but not all members need replacing. This idea of voting the opposite to "clean house" like last time helps no one as being evidenced today. Where's the "change" everyone fell for? Buried in the international banker's purses. It's business as usual since they rule. The US produces little anymore-mostly just farm products-but is expected to buy all the junk others can produce, dangers included. The GNP doesn't rise by how many hamburgers are sold and this is not going to keep us going and raise the economy. The people that should be receiving help is getting little while the rich keep pocketing more. Replace Congress? What with-more millionaires that have no idea how real people live? by Janis

Comment: cant wait till the next election by mark

Comment: This means our own incumbents. For some reason we want to fire every incumbent but our own. by J

Comment: congress should only be allowed 1 or 2 terms

Comment: Unfortunately "career politicians" will never vote for term limits. by Jane

Comment: This means Loebsack, Braley and Grassley have to go. Yes! by Pam

Comment: I also think that term limits should be instituted. by Vikki

Comment: Entirely too much excessive spending! by Steve

Comment: Limiting terms is a very good idea. They lose sight of why they are in Washington. by Steve

Comment: Their pay would be the average of the people in their district. The would have the same health plan they want for the people by lRoert

Comment: Replace them with representatives that once again make good basic moral decisions. The same basic morals that the majority of American Families live by daily. Respecting others, doing their best at what they do. Being there for the Veterans and elderly s needs. by James

Comment: not only replace the entire congress but limit all new election to a maximum of 8 years. also they should be under the same health care and pension plan as we in the private sector have. by frank

Comment: They all seem to have learned "the system" and continue to find ways to better their own interests with an apparent disregard for what the people want. They seem to have lost track of and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. A. Lincoln Americans, in both Parties, want term limits; 3 terms House, 6 years; 2 terms Senate, 8 years; 2 terms Vice President, 8 years; 2 terms President, 8 years. That still allows 30 years of government service if they are worthy of re-election of their constituents. by Phil

Comment: They fight to huch, no one wants to work together. Ever one on both sides want things there way, and no compromise, they don't care about the people,just themselves. by mark

Comment: They are not listening to the people they represent by Ken

Comment: Less spending of taxpayers money needed here. by Anne

Comment: start over and have a 2 term maximum.. by Steve

Comment: Iowans voted for this democratic you got what you deserve... by Jim

Comment: When there are only a handful of Congress Critters that actually follow the Constitution? Toss 'em all. by Aron

Comment: I would replace all congressmen who voted for the current health reform. A year has been wasted instead of creating jobs which is the top priority for all Americans.Once people are back to work, then work on health care reform. Any serious attempt at this should address tort reform. by Mark

Comment: When we elect officials the American people want someone that will work for hard for them, work hard for change, and work hard to make our lives better. I feel that the majority of Congress works for what they feel is best for the American people, not what the American People actually think is best for us. The American People elected President Obama because we felt that he was wanting what was best for America. If we could get people in congress that felt the same way, and had the charisma as President Obama has then maybe things would start to look up for the American People. by Kelly

Comment: I think those who have been there more than 2 terms need to be replaced.. all of them. Too many have become more interested in special interest money and serving big business that provides that money, than in the citizens they are supposed to be representing. There is too much corruption in Washington and not enough fiscal responsibility, so it's time to have term limits. Our only hope, I feel, is to change things by getting new faces in there. If they won't agree to term limits.. we can impose them by voting out any incumbant who has served two or more terms! Thanks for your consideration to my comments, and for posing this question. by Lois

Comment: If they would all stop this insidious bickering they could proceed. Am especially tired of the out and out lies! by Linda

Comment: I am disgusted with the stand by the party system. It is time for congress to do what is right for the country and not their re-election. by Don

Comment: need term limits. too busy playing politics and power games.Do not serve the american people needs. by karen

Comment: there is too many old guys in congress and there are not with the times. Plus there should be a term limit like the president. by ken