Support for Congress has plummeted to near-record lows, with a new poll showing that most Americans disapprove of the institution’s job performance, which is in part fueled by U.S. economic strain and foreign affairs frustration.

Lawmakers say it’s a symptom of a broken Congress that leaders are increasingly forced to govern in the dead of night. “The dysfunction is getting worse,” said Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota,

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) blamed Democrats for the approval rating of Congress falling to a mere 10 percent in a new Gallup poll. Speaking to host Stuart Varney on Fox Business Network’s “Varney & Co.,

Mills, who is facing a potential expulsion vote, said he won't follow in the footsteps of three House colleagues who resigned over various allegations of misconduct in recent days.

"Taxpayers should not have to pay pensions to members who commit heinous crimes," the legislation's primary sponsor says.

Republican majorities are at odds on big issues as the Senate resorts to extraordinary measures to pass homeland security funding over a Democratic blockade.

The wife of Super Bowl champion Plaxico Burress and ex-sideline reporter Michele Tafoya are among candidates with NFL ties running for Congress.

Democratic Rep. David Scott, who represented Georgia in the House for more than two decades, has become the fifth member of the 119th Congress to die in office.