Checks and balances, evenly distributed the power amongst the branches of government and disallowing one to have more power than another.
Sherman would push from Chattanooga to Atlanta to the Atlantic Ocean.
Grant would attack Richmond
Die in committee or subcommittee, where they are pigeonholed, or simply forgotten and never discussed. If a bill survives, hearings are set up in which various experts, government officials, or lobbyists present their points of view to committee members.
