Article 1 Of Constitution Pg 10-61

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Article 1 section 1

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Legislative powers vested in congress, which shall consist of a senate and house of representatives

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Article 1 section 2

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House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every 2nd year, representative are 25 years old, and 7 years a citizen representatives and direct taxes are apportioned to the numbers of people in the states, excluding Indians, census every 10 years, 1 representative for every 30 thousand have the sole power of impeachment

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article 1 section 3

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senate is 2 senators from each state, chosen by the legislature for 6 years, and each senator shall have 1 vote, 3 classes, 1/3 may be chosen every second year, if vacancies occur, they will be filled at the next meeting, 30 years old, 9 years a citizen, cannot inhabit the state for which they are chosen, vice president is the president of the senate, and has no vote unless equally divided they can try all impeachments, Chief justice presides, 2/3s must be present,

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elections are in the state by the legislature there of, congress can alter regulations, congress shall assemble at least once in every year, first Monday in December unless appointed differently

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each house shall be the judge of elections, each house may determine the rules of its proceedings punish its members, or expel w/ 2/3 votes, they can't adjourn for more than 3 days,

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senators and representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, paid out of the treasury of the US, privileged from arrest besides treasonfelony and breach of the peace, no person holding any office under the US shall be a member of either house

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all bills for raising revenue shall originate in house of rep, but senate may propose or concur w/ amendments as on other bills, every bill is presented to the president before it comes a law, if he approves he shall sign it, but ifnot he shall return it w/ his objections, to the house it originated, and then sent to the other house where it shall be reconsidered and if approved by 2/3 of that house, it shall become a law every order resolution or vote to the s and h of r may be necessary shall be presented to the president

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congress has the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defence and general welfare of the us borrow money on credit of us, regulate commerce, rule of naturalization, coin money, regulate value, provide for punishment of counterfeit, establish post offices, promote science and arts, constitute tribunals, define and punish piracies and felonies commited on high seas, declare war, raise and support armies, provide and maintain a navymake rules for government and reg of land, call forth militia, provide for militia, make all laws that are necessary

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migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited b congress prior to the year 1888, but a tax or duty may be imposed, not exceeding 10 dollars, habeus corpus shall not be suspended, unless rebellion, no ex post facto law shall be passed, no other directtax shall be laid unles in proportion to the census, no tax on exportation, no title of nobility

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no state shall enter into a treaty alliance or confederation, grant letters of marque and reprisal coin money emit bills of credit, make anything but gold ad silver coin a tender in payment of debts, pass any bill of attainder, or grant any title of nobility, basically limitation on the powers of the states

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Jeannette Rankin

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first woman to serve in congress, house of representatives as a republican, dedicated pacifist against ww1 and ww2

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conference committee

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joint committee of both houses of congress that proposes compromise legislation when there are disagreements on bills

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pocket veto,

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power of president to preventpassage of a bill by refusing to sign it during an adjournment of congress

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line item veto

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power to reject specific provisions in a law w/o defeating the entire bill

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legislative veto

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practice by which congress voids actions of executive branch agencies or officials

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enumerated powers

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powers of the national government specifically listed in the constitution

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implied powers

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those powers not specifically listed in the consititution that can be inferred from the enumerated powers

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inherent powers

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those powers that belond to the government of a sovereign state

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duties

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taxes on imports

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imposts

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taxes on imports or general taxes

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excises

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taxes on domestic consumption of goods and services

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letters of marque and reprisal

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authorization to attack the shipping of an enemy state w/o being punished as a pirate

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habeas corpus

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court order directing that an officer who has custody of a prisoner show cause why the prisoner is being held

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bill of attainder

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a legislative act that punishes a person w/o a trial

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ex post facto laws

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those that criminalize actions after the fact

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direct taxes

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most commonly taxes based on the value of land as opposed to those based on privileges or uses