1. 27e Categorize the enumerated powers and the implied powers of Congress, the limitations to the powers of Congress, and the powers given to each house of Congress in the Constitution Melissa Long Sarah Lerner

2. Article I, Section 8 (Enumerated Powers) Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imports and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imports and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States

3. To borrow Money on the credit of the United States; To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; To establish Post Offices and post Roads;

4. To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States To constitute Tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court

5. To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;

6. 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 To provide and maintain a Navy

7. Implied Powers Implied Powers – delegated powers of the National Government that are suggested by the expressed powers set out in the Constitution

8. Necessary and Proper Clause – Constitutional clause that gives Congress the power to make all laws “necessary and proper” for executing its powers Establish a National Bank

9. Limitations Does not have the power to interpret laws, determine their meaning, or settle disputes within a society Does not have the power to execute, enforce, or administer law

10. Does not have the power to decide the Constitutionality of a law

11. House of Representatives Propose amendments to spending bills Exclusive authority to investigate & bring charges for impeachment Chooses the President in an electoral college deadlock

13. Senate “advice and consent” Has greater prestige than the House Try all impeachments Negotiate treaties Power to approve all Presidential appointments.