1. Congress #6B
Expressed Powers

2. Quick Review
Malapportionment
Gerrymander
1 Congressional district has 500,000 people, a nearby Congressional district has 750,000 people
1 Congressional district is primarily Republicans, a nearby congressional district has primarily Democrats

3. Expressed / Enumerated Powers: written in Constitution
Definitions
Expressed / Enumerated Powers: written in Constitution

4. Payroll taxes – Social Security Income taxes
Expressed Powers
Tax & Spend
Payroll taxes – Social Security
Income taxes

5. Debt: Total amount owed
Borrow
Deficit Spending: spend more than earned in revenue (money coming in / taxes) in a given period
In one month earned $1000, but spent $1200 – what is your deficit?
Debt: Total amount owed
If you continue to overspend by $200 per month for a year, what is your debt?

6. Commerce Intrastate Commerce: inside 1 state Power of State
Interstate: between two + states
Power of Congress

7. More Powers Currency – legal tender Foreign Relations & War Powers:
Raise a military
Declare war!

8. More Powers Naturalization – citizenship and immigration
Bankruptcy: judges decide if one cannot repay debt

9. And some more… Postal Power: Post Office Copyrights & Patents
Copyright: work of art
Patent: invention
Weights & Measures: standardized

10. And so, what can Congress not do?
And the rest…
Judicial Power: Congress determines the size & structure of the federal courts
And so, what can Congress not do?

11. Congress #7
Implied Powers

12. Matching Commerce Expressed Power Senate House of Reps. Bicameral
2 houses
435 members who serve 2 year terms
Things that are written in the Constitution
Business
100 members who serve 6 year terms

13. McCullough v. Maryland (1819)
Congress created a national bank
Not an expressed power
Many thought it was unconstitutional

14. SC’s Decision Supreme Court = bank is legal
Const. says: Congress can do things that are “necessary & proper” to carry out their laws
aka the elastic clause of the Const.

15. McCullough’s Impact
Implied powers: Congress can do things related to their expressed powers

16. Implied Powers Chart Expressed Power Naturalization Implied Power
Citizenship test
Passport
Border fence

17. CHART continues Raise a military Patents & Copyrights Draft
Pirating laws
FBI warning at the beginning of movies

18. The Stretch-iest of all!
Interstate Commerce
Drugs
Minimum wage laws
Regulate the environment

19. How do commerce & environment relate?
If one state has a lot of pollution, it will affect the commerce of that state. Fewer people will want to go there. Thus, less buying and selling of goods in that state.

20. Cong #9: Non-Legislative Power Quick Review: Matching 
Expressed Power
Implied Power
Deficit
Debt
Bankruptcy
Necessary & Proper Clause
Power to tax
Draft
Elastic Clause
Total amount owed
Can’t repay debt
Overspend in a given period

21. Non-Legislative Powers
Impeachment: officially charged w/ “treason, bribery, or other high crimes or misdemeanors”
HR impeaches
S holds trial & can remove them from office
President, VP, federal judges

22. Impeached!

23. More POWER! Investigate Steroids & Baseball Bank bailout Oversight
Make sure govt agencies spend money appropriately

24. Senate’s Powers Confirm Appointments
President nominates federal judges, ambassadors, and others
S confirms
Ratify Treaty
Pres negotiates treaty
S ratifies