REIGINGING IN THE IMPERIAL PRESIDENCY

 Letter to the Senate:

 I urge you and your fellow Senators to address the continuing rise of the 
 Imperial Presidency.
 It is no secret that under the last several Presidents that office has swollen to be larger than our Founding Fathers originally intended.  As 20th century Presidents added more  and more cabinet members and as Government agencies have grown, so has the power of the President. 
Today it is out of control.  Power percentages of the Three Branches of Government look like this:

Congress 10%
Judicial 20%

Imperial President 100%

Yes!  It doesn't add up for the American people either!

Thus, the original intent of a government based on a system of Checks and Balances has been corrupted and morphed into a government of one person: The Imperial President.
Today the US government looks more like the Monarchy of George the III'd  which we freed ourselves from in 1776.

I propose an amendment to the Constitution which takes control of or reduces and in some cases eliminates Government agencies essential to the welfare and economic lifeblood of our Nation.
It would be reasonable and simple to have the various house and Senate joint committees administer the following agencies:

Health and Human Services
Transportation
Banking
Domestic Security
Labor Relations
EPA
Treasury
Interior
Justice
Commerce
Energy
Education
Veterans Affairs
[perhaps there are others you may care to add?]

Some might ask if the legislative body that crafts the Law can effectively administer the agencies governed by those laws?  Congressional Committees would be more through in managing the details of these agencies they fund..

As to reducing the size of Government, I believe Congress should not allow the President to create positions that are out of reach of Congress.  This is against the Constitution.  Therefore, all of the "Czar" positions should be terminated, and their staffs should be let go if they cannot be absorbed into the rest of the Federal work force. Most of these "Fabricated Czars" are simply ways for the Imperial President to get around Congressional Oversight.  In addition, they are mainly duplicates of other existing agencies but  without Congressional Oversight.

Get rid of them, and limit the excessive power of the Imperial President.  If you could do this, our problems would not be as great, and our cost of government would not be so burdensome.