1. Agenda- 2/13 Current Events Unit 2 Lecture 4- Powers of Congress (RS)
Begin Bill to Law Project (LS)
Congress in a Flash WS (LS/RS)
HW: -Law idea

2. Unit 2 Lecture 4 Congressional Powers
What are the expressed, implied, and non- legislative powers of Congress?

3. What are Congress’ expressed powers?
Listed in the Constitution (Article 1, Section 8)
They include:
Power to tax
Power to borrow
The Commerce Power
The Currency Power
Foreign Relations Power
War Powers
Postal Power

4. What are Congress’ implied powers?
Powers not written in the Constitution, but suggested
“Necessary and Proper Clause”
Also known as “elastic” clause
Powers that Congress needs in order to conduct its expressed powers
See p. 273

5. Expressed vs. Implied Powers
Expressed Powers
Listed in the Constitution
Implied Powers
Implied that Congress has them
Needed in order to have the expressed powers

6. What are Congress’Non-legislative Powers?
Those powers not having to do with making law
Constitutional Amendments
Electoral Duties
Impeachment
Executive Powers
Investigatory Power

7. “There ought to be a law…”
Grab & read the following article from up front. Please return it when you are done reading it.
Now, individually (but feel free to bounce ideas off of your peers), come up with an idea for a federal law you feel would benefit the United States. Write up:
Left Side of your notebook – needs to be done by the end of the period (breaking out into “Committee” on Wednesday)
The law
3 reasons why you support it or feels it’s important
“Congress in a Flash” – Notes on the RIGHT
(on top of today’s lecture)
“CIAF” fill-in - WS on the LEFT
(on top of the “Ought to be a law” write-up)