Causes Of Congressional Bridlock

There has been a lot of acknowledgement lately about the conflicts between Congress and President Obama. A lot of the problems has to do with the fact

Gridlock is one of the United States leading problems, and the main reason why people find the government to be “useless” or “slow” when trying to come to a consensus on major issues. Congressional gridlock is when neither the House or Congress seems to be able to respond with solutions to our nation’s pressing problems, and fails to enact any meaningful legislation to fix national issues. Gridlock mainly occurs when the president and the majority in one or both houses have different political beliefs and are in different parties. You hear everyone talking about gridlock and how it needs to be fixed, but you never actually see our political leaders doing anything about it.

Is congress a dysfunctional institution? Columnist Ezra Klein contends that institutional deadlock and partisan rancor have paralyzed congress, causing it to lose power to the president and the bureaucracy. Former Massachusetts Senator Mo Cowan describes he has to come view the work of congress along with fellow members after fulfilling the remainder of John Kerry’s term upon the nomination of Governor Deval Patrick.

Congressional gridlock has become a major problem over the past several years, the lack of power that any-one party has held for more than just a couple years means that very little has been accomplished by Congress. A Congressional gridlock is a situation when a law can not be passed due to disagreements either between political parties, branches of government or between the houses of Congress. These disagreements that do not end in compromise slow the legislative process and leave both parties unhappy. Gridlock can also occur within the Congressional Senate when a minority party member begins a filibuster.

A “Young Guard” of politicians were emerged in Congress. More interested in purifying the Uion rather than patching it up

One example of congressional gridlock is in 2016 after the mass shooting in the Orlando night club. This tragedy had forced Congress to take gun laws more serious and to come up with a solution. With this in mind, many had expected for a bill to have been passed within short duration of time; what happened was the complete opposite. The bill was set to raise funding on background checks for anyone planning to buy a gun. Also this bill would have delayed gun sales for 72 hours for a thorough check. Instead of a quick bill being passed, this led Congress into yet another gridlock. This gridlock caused outrage within the whole nation.

So, why does it take so long time for the two branches to agree? Because: Politics.

Redistricting and gerrymandering have led to current deadlock and also changes result of potential election. Gerrymandering is “manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class.” Gerrymandering gives one political party a better chance of winning than the other, which lead to an unfair political election. Deadlock happen because gerrymandering causes the runner to worried about the political group. The runner would try to use the same method as their opponent and that slow down the progress because they are not canceling each other out but instead both parties are trying to get the district to like their party. Partisan gerrymandering is “ is the drawing of electoral district lines in a manner that

Congressional gridlock in the United States is at a high currently, doubling since the 1950s. Gridlock is the slowing of the legislative processes due to the difficulty of congressional officials to agree on certain bills and or laws. Gridlock makes the passage of legislation time consuming and hardly any progress can be accomplished. This is how Congress acquired the nickname “Do Nothing Congress.”This usually occurs when both parts of Congress, the House of Representatives and the Senate, are of opposing parties. This then makes the President have the final say.

Congressional gridlock has been around for centuries in Congress and does not seem to be changing anytime soon. Congressional gridlock refers to the inaction of the government and failure to make a decision or legislative law that satisfy the needs of the people. This inaction of the government and stagnation occurs when two parties cannot agree on a single matter, and they cannot come to a good agreement on how or when the law is going to be passed, thus leaving complex problems in the nation unhandled. Congressional gridlock does not just come and take over the government on its own, though. It is evident that congressional gridlock is a major problem in the American government that needs to be addressed because there are so many root causes that the government fails to fix including gerrymandering and a lack of “bridge-builders.” Solutions to these causes that have yet to be made include improving the system of checks and balances and reducing representative dynamics and some of the nation’s most pressing problems that should not even be examples of congressional gridlock include climate change and the gun laws issue.

The increasing importance of big money in campaigns has also heightened the polarization within Congress. Candidates have been forced to develop strong views on the most polarizing topics, such as abortion, LGBT rights, and gun regulations. If a candidate does not express strong views on these topics, wealthy Republican or Democratic super PACs are not likely to back them. This has caused more gridlock in Congress as many members are not willing to compromise on these important topics (La Raja

Congressional gridlock happens when political parties cannot come to an agreement on passing laws. When the legislative branch and the executive branch are led by different political parties gridlock can occur. It can also happen if they are led by the same parties but there are different views within the parties. Unlike the House, the Senate does not have a rules committee, so congressional gridlock can easily occur. The Senate can use what is called filibuster.

For Centuries in the United States, Congressional gridlock has been one of the main difficulties of prosperity and progress. The government of the United States has had the opportunity to make the life of its citizens better but due to the epidemic of gridlock a lot of the issues we face are unresolved or ignored. Going forward I will give causes, solutions and some examples of the effect that it has had on the democracy of the United States as well as examples of congressional gridlock.

In recent years, congress has been incredibly adversarial to the president, providing that it is not controlled by members of his (the president) political party affiliation. The main source of this weakness is that congress and its members are defined by partisanship, they value tribalism, and are rewarded based on their loyalty to their party and antagonism to their opposition. This makes congress a breeding ground for viscous opposition where any room for compromise between parties is villainized, because of this the president can only govern efficiently when his party controls a significant percentage of both or either house. The major cause of this new political culture is highly contested, some say it is because political parties have come to gain too much power by way of their influence and ability to build campaign war chests. Others believe that political parties are too weak, citing that special interests and third party intervention has made members of either party less responsive to their leaders causing them to govern based on their fiscal supporters, which, would not allow compromise between two single groups. Regardless, it is very appropriate to cast the blame of a dysfunctional congress upon party politics. To illustrate this relationship between the executive and partisan congress we will look at the presidency of Barack Obama,

I believe congress may have this problem. It is apparent they have no trust in one another. They seem to always disagree without resolving the debate. Never speaking the true about issues due to fear of conflict. Never holding one another accountable. And they only have their agendas in mind not