The Existence Of Congress, The First Branch Of Government

Congress, the first branch of government, is a body of regime that exists in the Legislative Branch. It is responsible for creating the laws that the judicial branch will interpret, and the Executive branch implement. Without the existence of congress, there would be no organized manner in which laws were created, formulating an uncivilized nation. Congress, divided into the Senate and the House of Representatives, appoints 2 representatives from each state, with a total of 100 senators, while the House of Representatives contains 435 members. In order to accomplish tasks in Congress, the work is done in committees, where bills are introduced, hearings are held, and initial votes on proposed laws are taken. The existence of committees, the
based on Wilson’s commentary, we take note of the fact that the congressmen priorities attempting to make things easier, when in reality they are diluting the source of authority and spreading responsibility so widely that Congress as a whole decentralizes and nothing gets done. The multiplicity of leaders creates a complex House, one too complex to regulate the uninformed, yet passionate, people who deeply crave the passing of their bill in addition to acknowledging that people are acting upon the publics’ reactions to injustice. There is so much to get done, but because of the lack of leadership and the decentralization of Congress, the bills that may make a difference to the nation due to its passing are not being acknowledged because of the inability for professional men and women to come together and problem solve instead of fighting over overlapping jurisdictions and debating on what the proper disposition of any bill is that lies between two distinct committee jurisdictions. Thus it becomes evident that too many standing committees are distracting the efficiency of notable tasks from being accomplished. Aside from Wilson, Edmund Burke also touches on the topic of committees and how it contributes to the decentralization of Congress. Unity is key to efficiency, however as seen by Wilson’s, the lack of efficiency is a major contributor of the decentralization of Congress. Another factor that contributes to the lack of a unitary system is the idea that there is no unity between the congressmen, and this calls for a lack of organization and production. The existence of so many committees and representatives within the decentralized system shows