Identify the Major Powers of the Legislature.

 Compare the term of a Senator to a House member.  Why is the senate considered a constant body?  What would the major problem with having a Representative make decisions based on being a delegate?  Name at least five informal qualifications for membership in congress and explain how those qualifications might affect a candidate’s vote- getting abilities.

 Primary function is to create laws  Electoral Duties- House chooses president and Senate chooses V.P. if no majority  25 th Presidential Line of Succession- V.President passes, the President chooses a new V.P with Congress’s Approval  Majority V. Quorum  Constitutional Amendments  Congress can propose with 2/3 Vote  Call a National Convention, 2/3 state Legislature  Impeachment  House- Impeach-draw up charges  Senate- Hold trial

 Executive  Approve Presidential Appointments  Consent to War and treaties  2/3 override  Judicial  Create lower federal courts  Set Punishment of Crimes  Approve Appointment

 Scope of Powers- Delegated Powers  Expressed- Written Directly  Implied-Interpreted  Inherent- Inherited

 Commerce Power-Regulate interstate trade, and foreign trade  Power to tax- purpose to help public needs  Limits- Exports, apportioned equally among states  Direct Tax  Indirect Tax  Borrowing Power- Unlimited  Deficit Spending-  Borrow more than brought in  Borrow from other countries  Increase Public Tax

 Bankruptcy Power- cant be held to debt, rules made at federal and state level  Currency Power- coin money and regulate value  Foreign Relation Power- act to secure the security of the U.S.  War Powers- Declare and pay for war

 Domestic Powers  Territory- define territories/Eminent Domain  Naturalization- how citizens of another country becomes citizens of this country  Inherent because the government job as the gov’t body  Postal Power- Congress has the power to establish Post Offices and Postal roads  Postal Crimes-Felonies  Post offices are not taxed

 Copyright-publisher or author owns the rights to their creative work  Copyright office in the Library of Congress  Patent- persons sole right to use or sell an idea  Weights and Measures  Accurate gauges of time, distance, area, weight, and volume  National Bureau of Standards in the Commerce Department  Power of Territories  Eminent Domain- take private property for public use

 Education- 30 Billion dollars a year  Necessary and Proper- uncontrollable, scary  Impeachment  House draws charges  Senate holds Case 2/3 to convict  Treaties 2/3  Appointments for the President 51%

 Strict Constructionist- should stick to the rules, no exceptions  Ex. Limited Government  Liberal Constructionist- Interpretation is needed so that the government can function  Ex. Necessary and Proper