“Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises to pay debt for the common defense and the general welfare of the United States, but all duties imports and excises uniform throughout the United States.” Congress doesn’t have the power to control taxes. Congress also doesn’t have the power to control commerce laws. The year is 1781 is it okay for Congress to have any power? If you look back in history at the year 1781 the thirteen colonies created the articles of confederation. The articles of confederation was created to unify the colonies. The thirteen states became independent and began to act alone and make decisions on the states best interest. The articles of confederation weakened the central government.
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Why do we have a congressman? Who is a part of congress? Congress consists of two significant groups the House of Representatives and the senate. Which is a grand total of about five hundred people maybe more. The House of Representatives are representatives of each state but it’s according to the population of the state on how many representatives each state has. So, it is up to us as citizens to do our due diligence too speak up about what our state needs. It is up to the representatives to speak for us and we pray that they are following good ethics and morals to do what is best for each state. The government created the constitution for the security of the people and also for different entities to secure that one political party doesn’t have too much power. One of those entities are the check and balances. It allows each branch of government to amend or veto laws to prevent one branch to have too much power. Example, the legislative branch (congress) can create a law but the president can veto it. The executive branch (the president) is responsible for foreign affairs but treaties with foreign governments require the senate’s approval. Like any other organization our government has pros and
Why do we have a congressman? Who is a part of congress? Congress consists of two significant groups the House of Representatives and the senate. Which is a grand total of about five hundred people maybe more. The House of Representatives are representatives of each state but it’s according to the population of the state on how many representatives each state has. So, it is up to us as citizens to do our due diligence too speak up about what our state needs. It is up to the representatives to speak for us and we pray that they are following good ethics and morals to do what is best for each state. The government created the constitution for the security of the people and also for different entities to secure that one political party doesn’t have too much power. One of those entities are the check and balances. It allows each branch of government to amend or veto laws to prevent one branch to have too much power. Example, the legislative branch (congress) can create a law but the president can veto it. The executive branch (the president) is responsible for foreign affairs but treaties with foreign governments require the senate’s approval. Like any other organization our government has pros and