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To take charges against a public office , the Constitution has the right to remove the president, vice-president and civil officers of the United States for impeachment, Conviction , Treason or high crimes that they did wrong and  has to be removed

Bill Clinton: He was impeached by the House in 1998 , two articles proved that he was doing wrong discover him on December 19. He admitted that inappropriate relationship and Clinton was led to trial in the Senate by two charges one of perjury and one of obstruction of justice

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1. The Power to Tax: Congress has the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay debts, and provide for the common defense

2. The Borrowing Power:  It gives Congress the power to borrow money on the credit of the United States and there are no limits of how amount of money the Congress borrowing

3. Currency Power: The US Constitution gives those powers to Congress the right to coin money and the value it has

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The Congress has only those powers by the Constitution and are composed of three different kind of delegated powers

It includes the power to coin money, to regulate commerce, to declare war, & raise and maintain armed forces

Inherent: they are held by the U.S. president that is not specified in the Constitution but it's needed to perform duties in the office

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Territories & Other Areas :  The Congress has the power to acquire, manage, and dispose of various federal areas

Weights & Measures:  This clause gives Congress the power to fix the Standard & throughout the United States

This power reflects the need of accurate, uniform gauges of time, distance, area, weight, volume, and the like
Congress legalized the set of the English system in 1838 and also Congress in 1901 created the Bureau of Standards in the Commerce Department

If these standards are measured correctly in the United States this means that they are correct

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The congressional powers are both extensive and substantial because only congress could declare war

By it´s self it has the power to raise & support armies , to provide an maintain navy, and make rules for the governing of the nation´s military forces

In addition, congress has a lot of powers and her are some examples

1. Declare war

2. Congress could specifically authorize military action

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The appointments must be confirmed by the Senate by majority vote for the president and even if the senate must confirm principal officers congress may by law delegate the Senate´s device and consent role when it comes to inferior

The president makes treaties by the advice and consent of the Senate and it´s provided two--thirds the Senate may reject or accept that treaty

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Treaties Between The U.S. Government And Native Nations | Inter(Nation)al | NPR

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The delegated powers of the National Government  that is expressed in the Constitution & they are also called the ¨enumerated powers¨

The Congress has the power to tax, borrow money, to regulate commerce, and declare war

These powers give Congress the authority to set policy in the most basic matters of war and peace

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The Constitution gives the Congress the power to regulate interstate and foreign trade it´s a vital welfare of the nation

The power to regulate commerce is not unlimited because it has to be exercised in accord with all other provisions on the Constitution

In the Constitution there are four limits that use commerce power and declares Congress and they are

1. Cannot tax exports

2. Cannot favor the ports of one State over those of any other regulation of trade

3. Cannot require that ¨Vessels bound to, or from, one State be obliged to enter pr pay Duties

4. Could not interfere with the slave trade until the year of 1808

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Congress may propose amendments to the Constitution by a two-thirds vote in each House they can only request weather they could do it or not

Electoral Duties: The Constitution just gives certain duties to Congress but have to exercised in very unusual circumstances they each meet in the State and have t power to select the president or vice-president

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It´s also called the ¨elastic clause¨ but Congress has the power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying in the Execution

Congress has viewed the concept and together supporting decisions of the Supreme Court and been stretched so far that it made it cover so much over the years

Strict vs. Liberal Construction: Thomas Jefferson led the strict constructions that argues the Anti-Federalist position of the ratification period and insisted congress to allow and favored Jefferson by

1. Limited role for the new government created by the Constitution]

2. Majority Power would remain with the States & the people

3. Also, it wanted to prevent the government from gaining too much power

Alexander Hamilton in the Federalist side of liberal constructions and it favored him by

1.  A powerful government that could exercise implied powers

2. Favored vigorous executive leadership

3. The Constitution did not specifically grant the government these powers

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Congress has the power to investigate to inquire into or inform itself also any matter that falls within the lawmaking authority

This power is usually delegated to committees

1. Standing committees

2. special committees set up for a specific purpose

3. joint committees composed of members of both house