Report on "The Defeated Congress"
American Enterprise Institute's Gerald R. Ford Senior Fellow Jay Cost talked about his new report arguing that while Congress was designed to be the dominant branch of the federal government, it has been significantly weakened, to the detriment of the American public.
Description
American Enterprise Institute's Gerald R. Ford Senior Fellow Jay Cost talked about his new report arguing that while Congress was designed to be the dominant branch of the federal government, it has been significantly weakened, to the detriment of the American public.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- Which branch was the most "centrally important" to the Framers, and how do we know?
- Are the three branches of government "coequal?" Explain.
- What is one of the "main" reasons why the legislative branch has the least preeminence today? Summarize the "old story."
- Why has "executive domination" increased? Compare the examples provided in the clip.
Additional Resources
- Constitution Clips: "All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives."
- Bell Ringer: Emergency Presidential Powers
- Bell Ringer: The Necessary and Proper Clause
- Bell Ringer: Executive Power in the Constitution
- Bell Ringer: President Ulysses S. Grant - Biography
- Bell Ringer: Powers of Congress Examples
- Lesson Plan: The Powers of Congress
- Lesson Plan: Choice Board: Expressed and Implied Powers
- Lesson Plan: The Legacies of Woodrow Wilson
- Lesson Plan: Theodore Roosevelt
- Lesson Plan: The Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Participants
Vocabulary
- American Civil War (1861-65)
- Branches Of Government
- Congress
- Corrupt
- Deficit
- Entrepreneurial
- Executive Branch
- Framers
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- House Of Representatives
- Judiciary
- Law
- Legislative Branch
- Lexicon
- Marginal Tax Rate
- Parochial
- President
- Reformer
- Senate
- Tax Code
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Woodrow Wilson