President Trump's agenda, which is winning public support, is doing wonders for congressional approval ratings, now at the highest level since Barack Obama was in his first year in office.

A new Gallup survey revealed a one-month 12 point surge to 28 percent and a massive 50-point approval rating among Republicans apparently satisfied with House and Senate efforts to back up the president.



Said Gallup:

Congressional job approval jumped to 28 percent this month from 19 percent in January. This is the largest month-to-month increase since a 12-percentage-point rise between January 2009, when former President Barack Obama was first inaugurated, and February 2009. The current 28 percent job approval rating is the highest since early fall 2009 and is close to Gallup's historical average (30 percent). The increase comes after Donald Trump's inauguration as president gave Republicans control of the presidency and both houses of Congress.



As it did in 2009, when Obama took office, the approval rating for Congress followed Trump's increase, for which he gets credit.

"The installment of a Republican in the White House is likely giving Republicans newfound confidence that the GOP-led Congress will be effective in the ways they want it to be. Or, the jump in approval of the Republican-controlled Congress could be a spillover effect of Republicans' positive feelings about Trump in general," said the Gallup analysis.

Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner's "Washington Secrets" columnist, can be contacted at pbedard@washingtonexaminer.com