Congress comprises the legislative branch. Congress consists of the Senate and The House of Representatives.
They didn't need to be. They had everything from guns to aircraft. They had everything they needed. They just didn't plan it out in a way causing it not to work.
Its writers were worried about a concentration of political power is the right answer.
The system of checks and Balances is of much importance in the Tripartite form of government. In order to limit one branch from taking too much power, the constitutional committee set up a system of Check and Balance. Hence, all the three branches (the Legislative, the Executive and the Judicially) of the system are induced to share power.
Women wanted the same as men.