“Working there a long time taught me the government works within the framework of the Constitution”
Obama is the government.
Rangel is the government.
Fienstein is the government.
Reid is the government.
“Governments” are made up of people. People are greedy lying SOBs half the time.
In England the elected members of the ruling party ARE THE GOVERNMENT. In the United States that’s not true. So, keeping the discussion inside the bounds of American English it’s safe to say ‘the government operates inside the bounds set by the Constitution’.