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Congress is one of three equal branches of governmentLegislative branch makes laws, executive...
Congress has two chambers: Senate and House of RepresentativesSenate is smaller; each state has...
House consists of 435 members, all serving two-year termsFounding Fathers intended House of...
Senate is smaller and more prestigious than the House, with 100 members serving six-year...
Congress is an immensely powerful organization. It has so many powers, in fact, that those powers...
Article I, Section 8 of Constitution lists 27 expressed powers of CongressInclude power to...
The "Elastic Clause" of the Constitution grants Congress power to pass unspecified laws...
Strict constructionists: Congress should be allowed to exercise very few implied powers so that...
Powers said to be inherent to the idea of governmentInclude power to control national borders,...
Non-legislative functions are powers and responsibilities not related to passing lawsInclude...
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