ABSTRACT
The proper extent of delegation from the Congress will determine the way in which the president too delegates to his department heads, and even to the staff in his executive office. More coherent and effective leadership within each house of Congress, with stronger party discipline, would let the Congress as a whole bargain on equal or more than equal terms with the president on issues of sufficient importance to warrant the attention of the voters. When Congress delegated the responsibilities to the president, it had in mind that it was furthering efficiency in management, rather than granting authority over the substance of policy. The relationship that an arrangement encourages is a partial protection not only against the disintegration of the executive by the distracting loyalties of legislators to their local constituents, but also against the corruption of Congress by presidential pressure or patronage.
