Fred Bernstein's opinion piece in today's New York Times hits the nail on the head. I have been developing the thought for years now that Congress's attempts at micro managing is not what the Founding Fathers had in mind. The Constitution gives Congress the job of legislating and the President the job of executing what was legislated. Constituent services tries to serve local issues with federal tools.
A prime example of Congressional over reach to a local issue is mandating toilets having a certain gallonage per flush, something more appropriate to local building codes. A Senator or Congressman asked to vote on such a micro issue has got to sense that this sort decision making is beneath them, not in a derogatory but in a chart of responsibility sense, and if they are so focused on constituent services they forget they are not the mayor anymore.
A Congress for the Many, or the Few?
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