Congressional Powers Lesson #1

Congress does all of the following EXCEPT for:

• write bills that become laws

• represent the people that elect them

• only having the expressed powers in the Constitution

• have implied powers that expand what the Constitution provides

The necessary and proper clause allows Congress to expand its role and includes the power to:

• prohibit discrimination

• pass retroactive laws

• simultaneously hold office in the judicial and executive branches

• change the value of currency

Nonlegislative and legislative powers are:

• related and NOT related to passing laws

• NOT related and related to passing laws

• unrelated to government

Congressional legislative power has expanded dramatically overtime.

• true

• false

Congress has taxing and spending powers in order to do all of the following EXCEPT for:

• influencing policy

• provide for the general welfare

• provide for the common defense

• taxing people for private benefit

Revenue bills (raise $$$ for taxes) originate in the HOUSE because. . .

• the Senate does not exist

• larger states (@founding) wanted greater say

• the House is not based on population

• the House is in charge of initiating ALL bills

Laws that are proposed to authorize spending $$$

• appropriations bills

• authorization bill

• money billz

• annual budget

In order to approve expenditures, we must:

• establish the program first

• approve the funding for the program first

• say how much money is to be spend last

• create the program last

Where does the annual budget proposal usually come from?

• The President

• The Speaker of the House

• the Vice President

• the President Pro Tempore

The government regulates the economy in a variety of ways.

• false

• true