{"id":2249,"date":"2018-04-08T23:08:35","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T03:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/introamgov-mcgowen\/?p=2249"},"modified":"2018-04-08T23:08:35","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T03:08:35","slug":"congress-pushing-the-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/introamgov-mcgowen\/2018\/04\/08\/congress-pushing-the-limits\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress Pushing the Limits"},"content":{"rendered":"

As chapter 11 discusses Congress, it is important to look at the evolution of congressional power.\u00a0 <\/span>The framers had set Congress in a way to avoid majority tyranny and provide a equal spread of representation.\u00a0 <\/span>It was designed for safety and effectiveness, creating an organized way to allow decisions to be made. However, when we look at Congress, it seems to have evolved to be ineffective and unstable.\u00a0 <\/span>There has been a drastically increased divide where both parties seem to be in constant disagreement leaving no room for compromise.\u00a0 <\/span>This is alarming to many because it looks to be a sign of instability. The New York Times<\/i> article, \u201cSharper State Divide in Congress Seen as \u2018New Civil War\u2019\u201d discusses how the states are beginning to be represented by a single party creating a physical separation throughout the country.\u00a0 <\/span>This led to former Virginian congressman Thomas M. Davis III saying \u201cIt becomes basically that you are in a new civil war. You are going to get more like the tax bill, which, whether you like it or not, is really sectional in how it looks.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>This divide could be seen as the beginning of a dangerous path where Congress continues to stray apart, hindering our countries ability to change.<\/span><\/p>\n

I believe that this is partially what the framers had in mind and this separation will not prove to contain more fatal future situations.\u00a0 <\/span>The framers would definitely be angry with a lot that has changed in the country, but when it comes to the situation we have landed in Congress now, they prepared.\u00a0 <\/span>Congress\u2019s job is to represent the people, whether by the Congress\u2019s better judgement or by listening to the wants the people themselves.\u00a0 <\/span>So as the people divide, Congress will too.\u00a0 <\/span>As seen by the graph in class, the American public is more split than ever, and our Congress today just highlights that.\u00a0 <\/span>Furthermore, the framers have it in place to hinder the domination of one of the parties.\u00a0 <\/span>The Great Compromise created a political environment that gave states their rightful amount of power that would balance Congress.\u00a0 <\/span>We are seeing each state become more geared to one party, but this still does not allow a domination.\u00a0 <\/span>Finally, it does not look as though the division will get worse.\u00a0 <\/span>Congress is beginning to push its limits on division.\u00a0 <\/span>It does hinder the ability of Congress to pass laws efficiently, but the framers hoped for this.\u00a0 <\/span>There is becoming an increasingly smaller chance for one party to actually enact their agenda. <\/span><\/p>\n

As the divide increases, we will see more seemingly flagitious activity arise, like gerrymandering or the expedited process of passing the tax bill.\u00a0 <\/span>Through this, the framers prepared.\u00a0 <\/span>There may be loopholes, but the strength in the foundation of Congressional power and ability hinders divisional action to get out of hand to the point it threatens our country.\u00a0 <\/span>Congress may not being doing its best job, but it certainly is still working.<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/01\/15\/us\/politics\/hulse-congress-tax-cut-campaigns.html<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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