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- Decides how bills are passed
- The House of Representatives propose laws, the Senate propose amendments, and the President of the United States passes or vetoes laws.
- HoR, Senate, and POTUS all need to approve laws to pass.
- If POTUS vetoes, 2/3 of the HoR and the Senate must approve it to override the veto and pass the law.
- The corresponding names for each vote must be recorded.
- If POTUS does not respond within 10 days (discounting Sundays), the law will be passed.

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- Powers of Congress
-18 clauses:
> To lay & collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises (Clause 1)
> Borrow money on credit, regulate commerce, to coin money, laws on bankruptcy (Clauses 2-6)
> Establish post offices & promote progress of science (Clause 7 & 8)
> Few cases go to Supreme Court & felonies can be committed on high seas (Clauses 9-10)
> To declare war, raise armies, maintain navy, enlist & organize militia (Clauses 11-16)
> Power to set up national capital of US outside jurisdiction of any state, an embassy (Clause 17)
> Basis for all of legislative branch's implied powers

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- prohibits congress from legislating in certain areas
- restricts slave trade (clause 1)
- provides legal protection(clause 2-3)
- imposed federal taxes(clause 4-7)
- requires regular accounting of the monies the federal government spends(clause 7)
- prohibits a title of nobility(clause 8)

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Powers prohibited of States
This section utterly cripples the powers of states.
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> States are unable to create treaties, alliance, or confederation
> States are to act unlike countries for they're smaller parts of the state
> States cannot make currencies of their own
> States can't lay any imports or exports without the consent of Congress, unless it's utterly necessary
- If any imports or exports are approved it is taxed and the tax will be contributed to US
> Congress is the only person that may give permission to keep an army or navy during the time of peace
> States will need approval from Congress to join with another state to start a war unless they are forced to

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- bans importation of slaves before 1808
- guarantees rights to those accused of crimes, prisoners can only be suspended in extreme cases(fair trial, habeas corpus)