PSCI 050 Chapter Notes - Chapter part2: Universal Background Check, Mo Cowan, Recreational Drug Use

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Throughout the first half of the 19th century, congress played a very visible role in the business of the nation. But now people say they are doing nothing. 2 reasons why: 1congress has become a very complicated institution 2. increased visibility of its sometime rival, the presidency. Yes: institutional deadlock and partisan rancor have paralyzed congress, causing it to lose power to the president and the bureaucracy. The minority seeks to frustrate the majority, and when majority is displaced it returns the favour. Our financial system is not fixed and our health-care problems are not solved. Indeed, when it comes to the toughest decisions. Congress must make, our representatives have passed them off to some other body or some future generation. The country has changed but the congress stayed the same. At first they had only two parties with different ideologies, now they have become ideologically coherent, leaving little room for cooperation and creating new incentives for minority obstruction.

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