<span>Articles of Confederation.</span>
President Truman's "Fair Deal" proposed that Congress work on:
- Expanding Social Security
- Increase minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour
- Implementing anti-discrimination policies in employment
- Addressing civil rights issues
- Expanding public housing
- Providing federal aid to education
- Establishing national health insurance
There were more proposals as well, but most of the proposals (including those noted above) did not gain any traction with Congress. Congress did extend Social Security coverage and raise the benefits, and also did raise the minimum wage. But other proposals did not go into effect.
When federal courts exercise hypothetical jurisdiction, they bypass tough questions of subject-matter jurisdiction to dismiss cases on easy merits grounds.
The correct answer to this open question is the following.
The power of Congress that Senator Paul probably most concerned about based on this passage is the Power to Declare War.
The United States Constitution states on Article I, section clause 1, that the United States Congress has the power to declare war. The Constitution grants Congress with expressed powers and this is one of them. That is why Senator Rand Paul is reflecting on the great responsibility Congress has regarding thus power of declaring war against another nation.
