Congress Crisis

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 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.

After declaring themselves free from British rule in 1776, the American people sought out a way to protect themselves from future tyrannical monarchs as the nation continued to grow and develop. This led to the creation of the three branches of government, one of which is the United States Congress, in order to distribute power and ensure that the voice of the people is appropriately factored in legislative decisions. However, many have questioned whether this two hundred-year-old system still works today, as the number of citizens who trust the government steadily decreases. In his book How Congress Works and Why You Should Care, Lee Herbert Hamilton, a former member of the House of Representatives, addresses many common misconceptions that the general public has about the legislative branch. He reveals how much of an impact Congress makes in our everyday lives, acknowledging that though congressional system has a few flaws, it is one that functions well.

Congress is a vital component of our government. It has a great amount of authority over foreign affairs, a bicameral legislature which seeks to balance power, as well as having power over economic matters under Article I Section 8 of the Constitution (The Logic of American Politics, 219). The failures of the Articles of Confederation called for a stronger government demanded by the people of America. The Legislative, Judicial, and Executive branches were created thus Congress was formed. These powers of Congress have much control under the branches of government, being able to deal with affairs outside of the country as well as having the Senate and House of Representatives. The structure of Congress

The Congress is the first branch of government, in the American system so to say. While still abiding in the checks and balances system, It was still, in way designed to be the top out of the three branches. Through the years it seems like the congress is decaying and is failing more and more to fulfill its duties honestly and the Citizens are taking note. Nowadays most citizens of America critic the congress for its growing corruption and unreliability. The congress is often now described as a broken branch, damaged by partisan bickering and internal rancor. While no specific reason has been deemed the certain the main cause of congressional dysfunction, there are many opinions on what issues cause the congress to be broken. Reasons for the explanation of the collapse of the congress include the increased amount of Gridlocks, the corruption of politics over policy, transfer of work to the staffers, and misplacement of priorities and issues leading to meaning les debates.

The United States is a flourishing democracy that allows the people to have a lasting influence on members of Congress. According to Alexis de Tocqueville, “Of all political powers, the legislature is the one most ready to obey the wishes of the majority” (Tocqueville, Part II, Chapter 7). Congress, which makes up the legislative branch, is divided into the House of Representatives and the Senate. Elected official of the House and Senate must answer to the people who elect them and support them. The people can include constituents, voters, interest groups, or the population of the United States as a whole. No matter how ‘the people’ is defined, the aforementioned groups have an impact on which members are elected to Congress and how strongly

Democratic efforts to win a seat at a table have failed tremendously. For the last year and a half, democrats failed to win majority votes around the country, leaving open special election areas up for crabs. Now, after a year of detrimental losses, democrats are pointing the finger at their leader, Nancy Pelosi. Demanding a change immediately to effectively and efficiently win back power on the Hill. As Neera Tanden tweeted, “One important lesson is that when they go low, going high doesn’t f*cking work”.

My article was about John Boehner leaving his place as House leader and representative from Ohio. He gave a speech about how he was very glad to be able to start at the bottom and finish in a high rank. He also spent ten minutes remembering how he was a good leader and how much he enjoyed being part of it. He said that when he leaves he has, " no regrets, no burdens. If anything, I leave the way I started, just a regular guy, humbled by the chance to do a big job." Many representatives are very sad to see him go. Overall, my article was about Boehner leaving the House.

Our Government has evolved and is evolving for the benefit of the great people of our Nation. The U.S Congress made up of the house of representatives and the Senate, are systems that are designed to represent the feeling of Americans. The state legislature differs in the representation of the state, rather than the nation. In today’s rapidly changing society, raises questions, How democratic is our government, more specifically where does power reside in the U.S congress and the state legislature? Does the U.S congress and the state legislature reflect the “will of the people”?

"To those watching the byplay, it seemed clear that a deal had been in sight and Boehner blinked, again fearing a firestorm of criticism from his own colleagues and a lack of backup from the Young Guns in the leadership. Again, he blamed the White House" (21).

Congress is a branch of the federal government, the Congress consists of two groups The Senate and The House Of Representatives. The Constitutional thought it was necessary to protect the country from tyranny, and excessive democracy. They created a Senate that gives each state, large and small, two seats and that elects its members to serve for six-year terms. They created a House Of Representatives, whose members serve two-year terms and are intended to focus more on popular preferences. The strength of Congress has changed over the course of history. Presidential power has expanded significantly since the beginning of the 20th century. Presidents used to be often times at the mercy of the Congress and the Supreme Court's. However, as we have witnessed, especially recently, Presidents often find ways to get around the separation of powers. For example, right now the United States is fighting two wars, Afghanistan and Iraq. However, a legal declaration of war was never declared in either case. We simply bombarded ourselves onto their territory taking their issues and making them our

Congress appears to have a few powers the States don't have. They can do some really huge things, they can Declare War. Furthermore, they can lead armed forces and naval forces. They additionally have the ability to make a mail conveyance framework, influence foreign arrangements, to print and obtain cash, (the two states and congress can do that) and make manages for specific spots, I think they said the Western states. The new government has been a major help to developing their nation! They are getting new land over West. What's more, they are passing laws which help to settle limit issues.

Boehner’s 2010 Midterm Election Speech came at an important time for the republican party, the polls were finally closing and it was clear that the republicans would once again regain a congressional majority from the democratic party. This speech served two main purposes, firstly to thank the voter base and to assure them that the made the correct choice, which falls into the American political perspectives put forth by Mayhew and Fonne about congressmen’s primary goals being to be reelected, and secondly to put forth and reaffirm the ideals of the republican party, which in this instance are put forth similar to the ideals and perspectives of Hartz and his focus on

and Charles T. Manatt, former Republican and Democratic party chairmen, respectively said, “...we, as former chairmen of the Republican and Democratic parties, can attest that politicians themselves don't like the current situation” (Clark). If the politicians who hire these men don't even like the way they run things, then how do they keep finding work? There are two reasons, they get results, and the fact that image means more now than it has ever had before. Victor Kamber, the President of the Kamber Group, a public relations firm in Washington D.C., says that “'...one reason they are so much a part of the story now is that we live in an age of news.' Decades ago, the TV news used to be a half-hour or an hour, counting national and local, but today there are two and three hours of time to fill with features, he notes” (Clark).

Philip Rucker was promoted from the White House beat to national political correspondent for The Washington Post, where he has reported since 2005. Philip Rucker, as a reporter focused on the “2014 midterms”(Byers), as well as covered “Mitt Romney’s 2012 campaign”(Byers), and “Obama’s transition to the White House”(Byers), in 2008. Rucker is a member of political reporters, who are dedicated to the “Clinton beat”(Byers), and in addition, Rucker focuses on the “political races and trends of the … 2016 presidential campaign”(Byers). I read: “Jeb Bush 's Comeback Tour Sounds like a Therapy Session”(11/12/15), “Carson: Trump should end ‘politics of personal