The Commerce Clause<span> describes an enumerated </span>power<span> listed in the United </span>States Constitution<span> (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). The clause </span>states<span> that the United </span>States<span> Congress shall have </span>power "To regulate<span> Commerce with foreign Nations, and </span>among<span> the several </span>States<span>, and with the Indian Tribes."</span>
The impact that the spoils system had on the US Government was not good. It came into effect after Andrew Jackson awarded government positions to his supporters in the election of 1828. Many important positions in the government were held by nobodies who had little or no experience it politics.
The provision that the United States Constitution contains from the original Virginia Plan would be that "<span>C) House and Senate representation is proportional to population size", although it is only the House that is proportional to population size, not the Senate. </span>
