Carter Administration - Carter and Congress
Carter and Congress
Carter presided during the Ninety-fifth and Ninety-sixth Congresses. Both Congresses had strong but fractured Democratic majorities. Carter did manage to shepherd a number of important legislative proposals through Congress, but he also saw many bills die there. This was in part because of Carter's ambitious agenda. Carter proposed a number of complicated bills, often simultaneously, that he did not have the resources to support. Other bills that did become law, such as his first energy package, emerged from Congress in a very different form than what the White House had requested. This was because of the disorganized way Carter's office prioritized legislation, and, more importantly, because of his difficult relationship with the Democratic leaders in Congress.
When Carter entered office in 1977 he faced an extremely independent-minded Congress that was determined not to allow another "imperial" president...
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