Powers of Congress(Carcamo, E)

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  1. 3. The power to get money temporarily on the credit of the United States, whatever money they get goes into the public debt.
  2. 8. The power to inquire or inform itself on any matter that falls within scope of its lawmaking authority.
  3. 9. Powers given to Congress as a system of checks and balances; power to create all federal courts below the Supreme Court, define federal crimes and set punishments.
  4. 10. Power to remove (President, V. President, other civil officers of the U.S.) from office for Treason, Bribery, or other high crimes.
  5. 11. The power of congress to lay and collect charges levied by the government on persons or property to raise money to meet public needs.
  6. 12. Power that allows congress to acquire, manage, and dispose of various federal areas.
  7. 13. Powers only granted or given to Congress by the Constitution
  8. 14. The power to establish uniform laws on the subject of when an individual, company, or organization is insolvent.
  9. 15. Powers that are not stated in the Constitution, but drawn from the expressed powers.
  10. 16. Most of the these type of powers of Congress are found in Article I Section 8. Explicitly stated in the Constitution.
  11. 19. The power of Congress to regulate interstate and foreign trade
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  1. 1. power to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries
  2. 2. A Domestic Power of Congress; the power to establish Post Offices and Post roads, the power for the carrying of the mail.
  3. 4. This power is shared with the chief executive; Congress has the power to raise, and support armies, provide and maintain the navy etc.
  4. 5. Process to allow citizens of one country to become citizens of another.
  5. 6. This power reflects the need for accurate, uniform gauges of time, distance, area, weight, volume, and the like.
  6. 7. Power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers.
  7. 17. Powers of Congress that effect the daily lives of the American people.
  8. 18. Powers that belong to all sovereign nations
  9. 19. The power to coin money and regulate the value of thereof; this power is not given to the states.