Why is Congress so important? Why is congress sometimes not admired in the United States?

First Question:

Through legislative debate and compromise, the U.S. Congress makes laws that influence our daily lives. It holds hearings to inform the legislative process, conducts investigations to oversee the executive branch, and serves as the voice of the people and the states in the federal government.

Second Question:

Congress’s challenges in exerting itself as a meaningful check on the executive branch take several forms. One involves the legislative branch’s capacity to gather and process information about what is happening in federal agencies and the White House—a task that requires sufficient staff resources. In the absence of internal capacity to undertake these tasks, Congress is forced to either turn to outside sources—like lobbyists—to get the information members to need or leave oversight undone.

Explanation:

b) they want the land taken away from the wealthy landowners and given to peasants.

when a country suffers, for example, a drought period, the market product is affected for a low offer, in this case, potatoes; the government has to tax to the households, which have to give more money for the potatoes which they consume, that situation make them consume substitute goods even through loans, it could increase the financial market movement and the inflationary phenomena, the business has to increase salaries in order to the employees could buy a more expensive food (potatoes) and in order to inflation tha business had to buy expensive supplies in the factor market, while the rest of the world have to gain more money to consume the same amount of potatoes.