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there are 18 Congressional powers
1. power to tax and spend for the defense & general welfare of the U.S.
2. power to borrow money
3. power to regulate foreign and interstate commerce
4. establish naturalization and bankruptcy laws
5. power to coin money
6. punish counterfeiters of money and securities (stocks)
7. establish post offices
8. grant patents and copyrights
9. create courts below the Supreme Court
10. define and punish piracies & felonies of the high seas
11. declare war
12. raise and support an army
13. provide and maintain a navy
14. make laws governing the armed forces (different from civilian law)
15. provide and call for the militia/National Guard to execute federal laws
16. organize, arm, and discipline the militia
17. govern the District of Columbia
18. provide for the laws necessary and proper for carrying out all other listed powers
Responsibilities of the House
<em>Impeachment</em>-government officials and serving as prosecutors
<em>Nominations</em>-appoint Ambassadors/public Ministers & Consuls/Judges of the Supreme Courts/Officers of the United States
<em>Expulsion</em>-allow Congress to punish members for disorderly behavior/expel a member (2/3 vote)
<em>Censure</em>-can determine Rules of proceedings, punish members for disorderly behavior (2/3 votes) or expel members
<em>Contested Senate Elections</em>-Congress gives House the power to be judge of "elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members
Responsibilities of the Senate
<em>Impeachment</em>-trials serving as jury and judge
<em>Nominations</em>-power to review/approve/reject presidential appointees to executive and Judaical branch
<em>Treaties</em>-power to approve/reject (2/3 votes) by the executive branch, amend/adopt changes to a treaty
<em>Censure</em>-used by Senate against their members *referred to condemnation/denouncement*
<em>Filibuster and Cloture</em>-block legislation, Rule 22 (allows Senate to end a debate with 2/3 majority vote
<em>Contested Senate Elections</em>--developed their own procedures for judging qualifications of its member and settling contested elections
Hope this lengthy explanation helped you
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