House Speaker Johnson along with other GOP leaders continue to speakout on federal government shutdown as the U.S. reaches day 22. President Donald Trump on Tuesday rebuffed a request by top Democratic lawmakers to meet until the three-week-old U.S. government shutdown ends.

WASHINGTON - As the partial federal government shutdown enters its third week in the U.S., a new poll is revealing how Americans feel about Congress.

These findings are from Gallup’s Oct. 1-16, 2025, poll that began on the first day of the government shutdown.

According to the survey, Americans’ approval rating of Congress has dropped to the teens, declining 11 percentage points to 15%, similar to approval a year ago. Nearly four in five U.S. adults, 79%, now disapprove.

U.S. Representatives of the 119th Congress are sworn in during the first day of session in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol Building on January 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) retained his Speakership in the face of opposit

The 11-point drop is owed largely to a sharp decline among Republicans and, to a lesser degree, independents. Amid the government shutdown, Republicans’ approval sunk 21 points, and independents’ was down nine points. At 7% last month, Democrats’ approval of the Republican-controlled 119th Congress had little room to fall and fell to 5%.

At the same time, President Donald Trump’s job rating remained steady, with 41% of Americans approving and 54% disapproving. Trump’s current approval rating is slightly higher than his average 40.3% in the third quarter, which spanned July 20 to Oct. 19.

Partisans’ ratings of the president were also largely stable, with 91% of Republicans, 33% of independents and 6% of Democrats approving of the job he is doing.

The poll ended less than a week after the Trump administration’s brokered ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war went into effect and hostages on both sides were freed.

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