An observer writes:
“Yes, our political system is based on checks-and-balances. But the Constitution’s designers intended Congress to be first-among-equals, and that is what we got. More than the other branches, Congress sets the agenda. When there is conflict among the branches, Congress most often calls the shots. When there are big changes in the way American government operates, it is generally because a Congressional majority has decided that is what it wants.”
Do you agree? Evaluate this argument drawing on readings and lectures and referring to at least two “big changes in the way American government operates” that have occurred over the course of American political history. Your answer should discuss the bases (and limits) of congressional power, as well as the persuasiveness of the writer’s claim that the distinctive powers of Congress makes it “first among equals.”
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