Poll: Bush approval at 38 percent (Pew Research)

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Poll: Bush approval at 38 percent

News about domestic wiretaps and congressional bribes did not change public opinion about the president and Congress during the past month, a new poll found.

The poll, conducted Jan. 4-8 by the Pew Research Center for the Public & the Press, found U.S. President George W. Bush's job approval rating at 38 percent -- the same as it was in December. Job approval for Republican congressional leaders was 33 percent, and for Democratic congressional leaders it was 34 percent.

Democrats did somewhat better when the Pew poll asked voters which party can do a better job of handling Iraq -- which respondents identified as the nation's top problem. Forty-one percent said Democrats could handle Iraq better, while 27 percent said Republicans would do better.

Democrats scored better than Republicans on every specific issue mentioned except one -- security and terrorism.