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I don't think so. The founders expected that the congress would be the dominant branch of government, formulating national policy. That was how it was for a long time. But today the congress just follows the lead of the president. They take his ideas and modify them, flesh them out with needed details, sometimes reject them altogether. But it is very rare these days that the congress initiates any major legislation itself.
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The founding fathers would be appalled at what Congress has become. Check out Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution. It specifically states the duties and powers of the legislative branch (and there aren't that many). Congress has since run roughshod over these enumerations and restrictions. Going by today's standards, you would think the document said that Congress has the power to legislate anything, and tax everything.
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Why did the American founding fathers decide upon a democracy?
They had all ready lived under monarchy and knew that is what they didn't want.
Did the American founding fathers lived over 200 years ago?
As of 2018, it's been over 200 years since many of them died.
Why was liberty so important to the American founding fathers?
There have been hundreds of books written regarding this question, with hundreds of answers better than I am capable of explaining. To me, the simple answer is because they had NO LIBERTY for so long that it had become the primary goal.
Why were some of the founding fathers afraid to set up a national government?
Since the British had lived under the British for so long and the British were so cruel to them, most people distrusted a strong central government and that is why they did not want a national government.
Who among the founding fathers was gay?
No one knows for sure, but many people (mostly gay/bisexual themselves) do in fact believe that Alexander Hamilton was gay or bisexual.
