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Congress may propose amendments to the constitution by two thirds vote in each house. There has been 27 amendments added so far. Congress may call a national convention of delegates from each of the states to propose an amendment but only if two thirds of the state legislatures request to do so.
If no candidates receives a majority of the electoral college votes in a presidency each states house delegation must decide from one of the top three candidates. Each state has one vote. If no candidate wins the majority of the states votes another vote must be taken.

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The constitution provides that president, Vice President, and all civil officers of the united states may be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. Andrew Jonson was impeached in 1868

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All major appointments made by the president must be confirmed by the senate by major vote. The president makes treaties by and with the advise and consent of the senate provided two thirds of the senators present concurs. The senate may accept or reject a treaty as it stands.

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The house and the senate exercise the power through the standing committees and often through special committees. Both houses may choose to investigate for one or any of the following reasons
1. Gather information necessary to the framing or legislation
2. oversee the operations of various agencies in the executive branch.
3. Focus on the public attention on some particular matter.
4. Expose the questionable activities of some public officials or private person or group.
5. Promote the particular interest of some members of congress

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To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into the execution, the foregoing powers and all the other powers vested by this constitution in the government of the united states or in any department.
Strict vs Liberal Construction.
The strict constructionists wanted a strong centralized government. The liberal constructionists wanted an "energetic" government. Liberal constructionists prevail and the government could now exercise implied powers.

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The congressional war powers are however both extensive and substantial. Only congress can declare war. It alone has the power to raise and support armies, to provide, and maintain a navy, and to make rules for the governing o the nations military forces.

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To establish post offices and post roads. The power to provide for the carrying of mail.

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Copyright is the exclusive right of an author to reproduce, publish, and his or her creative work. A patent grants a ]person the sole rights to manufacture, use. or sell any new and useful process, machine, manufactured, or composition of matter. The constitution give congress the powers to promote the progress of science, and useful arts, by securing for limited times to author and inventors the exclusive right to respective writings and discoveries.
- Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8

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The commerce power is the power of congress to regulate interstate and foreign trade is vital to the welfare of the nation. The constitution places four explicit limits on the use of the commerce power. Like it cannot tax exports, cannot favor the ports of one state over those of any other in the regulation trade, cannot require that vessels bound to, or from one state be obliged to enter , or pay duties in another", and finally could not interfere with the slave trade until at least the year 1808 this last limitation, part of the curious slave trade compromise that the framers struck at Philadelphia.

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1) The power to tax- To lay and collect taxes, duties, impost and excise, to pay the debt and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the united states.
2) The borrowing Powers - There are no constitutional limits on the amount of money congress may borrow and no restrictions on the purpose for borrowing.
3 ) Currency power- To coin money and regulate the value.

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The expressed powers can be found in Article 1 section 8 of the constitution. There in 18 separate clauses, 27 different powers are explicitly given to congress. these grants of power are brief. What they do and do not allow congress to do often cannot be discovered by merely reading the few words involved like It gives the congress power to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among several states, and with the Indian tribe. There are dozens of questions arising of this one provision.

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The Expressed Powers of Money and Commerce

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Congress has only those powers delegated to it by the constitution. Large areas of power denied to congress. There is so much the congress cannot do. It cannot create a national public school system, require people to vote to attend church, or set a minimum age for marriage or drivers license and many other things although it does grant it some specific powers and it delegates the powers in three different ways. Expressed powers, implied powers, inherit powers.