The Corruption Of The Legislative Branch In The United States

The three branches of government each serve as a crucial aspect to how the United States runs. The Executive Branch houses the president, vice president, and the many cabinet members. The Legislative Branch is made up of Congress, and the Judiciary Branch is made up of the courts. While all three have very different and important roles, the one that has the most power is the Legislative Branch. The Congress is composed of the House of Representatives and the Senate. This bicameral Congress was created by the Founding Fathers as the most powerful part of government. The original objective of the Congress was to be the first branch, the branch that was reliable and could move things into action. This concept of having the government focused
Americans see the Congress as not being able to solve problems and handle issues when it comes to domestic, economic, and international relations (Text). This corruption that most of the country believes, whether true or not, has severely hurt Congress’ public approval. Even since the early 2000s, ratings have dropped to an all-time low of twelve percent public approval. This extreme viewpoint is why many consider Congress to now be the broken branch of government. With very little public support, members of Congress are faced knowing how little ratings they do have and the only way to turn it around is to solve the problems that Americans value the most (Text). Most of these problems, however, have not been solved because of difference of opinion and party opinion. The same people are being reelected and doing the same job that they always have, which, for most people, seems like nothing (Text). This broken branch mentality is, for the most part, what the majority of the American population believes is to be
When the Founding Fathers created Congress, they created the two chambers to please all of the states. The House of Representatives would be directly elected by the people and the Senate would be elected by those representatives (Text). This bicameral legislature seemed to be the best compromise to making both small and large states happy. While “all legislative powers were vested in Congress, those powers would be shared with the president and Supreme Court” (Text). The president could still veto acts of Congress and the Supreme Court could deem certain acts to be unconstitutional (Text). This balance is important in keeping powers relatively balanced and not allowing one branch to have the main source of