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Congress "needs" to push for impeachment proceedings against President Obama, Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) said.

"It needs to happen, and I agree with you it would tie things up," Burgess said Monday, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. "No question about that."

{mosads}"We need to tie things up," Burgess added. "The longer we allow the damage to continue unchecked, the worse things are going to be for us."

Burgess did not say on what grounds Congress should push for impeachment.

On Tuesday a new CNN/Opinion Research Poll found that Americans are more unhappy with the GOP than they were with the Republican-controlled House when it voted to impeach then-President Clinton. According to the poll, 59 percent of Americans hold an unfavorable opinion of the GOP while 33 percent hold a favorable opinion. The poll also found that 51 percent of Americans said they have an unfavorable view of the Tea Party.

1998 w! as the last time CNN found more than 50 percent of voters had an unfavorable view of the GOP. On Dec. 19, 1998, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted to impeach Clinton. CNN conducted a poll from Dec. 19 to Dec. 20 that year that found 57 percent of voters held an unfavorable view of the Republican Party.