There were high rates of unemployment, inflation was also very high, and energy crisis was prevalent when Ford joined. He tried to correct them bu launching Whip Inflaton Now (WIN), he raised interest rates and cut the taxes on a large scale. He also limited the government spendings.
They created checks and balances to make sure one branch didn't get more powerful than the other. This makes it very unlikely that congress would get more emphasis on power than the other branches.
