Congress is the most powerful branch of government which is why it's the branch with the most dire need for citizen oversight. Consider the governing power that Congress possesses - the power to raise or lower taxes, the power to spend, the power to declare war, the power to give away your public lands, airwaves, and taxpayer dollars to wealthy corporations looking to widen their profit margins, the power to investigate and hold hearings, the power to oversee the executive branch, the power to impeach, and the power to confirm cabinet nominees and federal judges. Issues such as the stagnant minimum wage, the bloated military budget, undeclared wars, the corporate crime wave, the business plunder of Medicare, corporate welfare sprees and many others. More and more Americans are becoming aware - and upset - about the systemic gridlock in Congress, which results in the failure to solve or even address numerous major problems that plague our country. Over the past several weeks, Congress has been the focal point of much controversy for its inability to come together on a comprehensive fiscal cliff deal until the absolute final hour. Congress, spending your income and using their power to influence your life, would you pay close attention to them?
If your next-door neighbors were the U.S.
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