Author Question: what do congress members do besides make laws? (Read 1324 times)

j_sun

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i have a lot of civics summer homework and i waited til last minute to do it, can't find this answer anywhere!



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penguins

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Cater to people that will donate to their campaigns. They pretty much gave up all their other responsibilities... But if you want to know what they are supposed to be doing, it's simple.

Article 1 - The Legislative Branch
Section 8 - Powers of Congress

The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

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 an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;

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;

To establish Post Offices and Post Roads;

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 constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;

To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offenses against the Law of Nations;

To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;

To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;

To provide and maintain a Navy;

To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;

To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings; And

To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.



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yes i undetand now don't take this he wrong way but what they do is stck their heads up inconvienient places and ignore ideas of u.s.a. constitutions as computer program much lie cnn and the rest of the media. now what they if they have the gumption is eithertell the media they are fired for not recognizing the fact or propose the media be democraically elected set up website called www.electemedi.com and arrange all candidates meetings so citizens can elect media like congress.



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Nothing but spend tax payers money.  Congress was meant to be a position to interact with their community.



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JUST LIKE PRESIDENT CLINTON & MONICA

DROP DRAWYERS AND GIVE HEAD



federox

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so look it up YOURSELF

google

duties of congress
function of congress

some phrasing like that



 

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