Congressional leaders' inability to convince their own party members that concessions are necessary is likely driving the dismal approval for lawmakers involved in the testy negotiations.

Approval drops to 31 percent for the Democrats in Congress, and only 21 percent of the people surveyed said they approved of Republicans' handling of the negotiations, while 71 percent disapprove.

 Even half of the Republican respondents (51 percent) voiced disapproval of how members of their own party in Congress are handling the talks. 

Far fewer Democrats expressed disapproval of their own partys' or President Obamas' handling of talks to raise the nation's debt limit. 

The Obama administration has pointed to the warnings from rating agencies as evidence that not raising the debt ceiling could have severe consequences for the economy,.......