Decetralization of congress

James Q. Wilson, American Government 1998 Page 330. Dodd, Lawrence "Congress and the Quest for Power" American Government Ed. Peter Woll. New York: Longman Publishers, 2002 371 Fiorina, Morris "The Rise of the Washington Establishment" American Government Ed. Peter Woll. The Framers' of the United States' Constitution created a divided government and delegated power to each of the three branches of government they created. They did not want to concentrate all the power into a single governmental institution; even …

…action much of which takes place in committees." Congress as derived by our Founders has evolved to its present condition through the decentralization of the legislative body. Bibliography: New York: Longman Publishers, 2002 360-361 Dodd, Lawrence "Congress and the Quest for Power" American Government Ed. Peter Woll. New York: Longman Publishers, 2002 364 Ibid 372 Fiorina, Morris "The Rise of the Washington Establishment" American Government Ed. Peter Woll. New York: Longman Publishers, 2002 354 James Q. Wilson, American Government 1998 Page 300-301