Powers of Congress(Carcamo, E)
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- 3. The power to get money temporarily on the credit of the United States, whatever money they get goes into the public debt.
- 8. The power to inquire or inform itself on any matter that falls within scope of its lawmaking authority.
- 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.
- 10. Power to remove (President, V. President, other civil officers of the U.S.) from office for Treason, Bribery, or other high crimes.
- 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.
- 12. Power that allows congress to acquire, manage, and dispose of various federal areas.
- 13. Powers only granted or given to Congress by the Constitution
- 14. The power to establish uniform laws on the subject of when an individual, company, or organization is insolvent.
- 15. Powers that are not stated in the Constitution, but drawn from the expressed powers.
- 16. Most of the these type of powers of Congress are found in Article I Section 8. Explicitly stated in the Constitution.
- 19. The power of Congress to regulate interstate and foreign trade
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- 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. A Domestic Power of Congress; the power to establish Post Offices and Post roads, the power for the carrying of the mail.
- 4. This power is shared with the chief executive; Congress has the power to raise, and support armies, provide and maintain the navy etc.
- 5. Process to allow citizens of one country to become citizens of another.
- 6. This power reflects the need for accurate, uniform gauges of time, distance, area, weight, volume, and the like.
- 7. Power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers.
- 17. Powers of Congress that effect the daily lives of the American people.
- 18. Powers that belong to all sovereign nations
- 19. The power to coin money and regulate the value of thereof; this power is not given to the states.