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world. let s go outfront. well, good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett and outfront tonight, and welcome back, congress. we missed you. we really did. after four weeks away from washington, the house is returning to work today, hopefully rested and ready to make up for an abysmal 2011. the track record. full of failures. they didn t raise the debt ceiling which caused america s credit rating to be cut which hurts all of us. and they didn t agree on a budget. causing several near shutdowns. committee deal. and no tax cuts. so it is no surprise that the newest cnn poll shows only 11% of americans approve the way congress is handling it job. that s an all-tie low. more people approved of how bp handled the gulf coast oil spill. in the month that congress has been off, some members have taken tax funded trips abroad. john boehner went to mexico and canada. majority leader eric cantor led a delegation to the middle east and france. both delegations of both parties went ....