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Do Now. (1) Prepare for your quiz 5.2 (2) In pairs, quiz each other on Vocabulary Daily Poll: How does Congress influence your life as a citizen?. The Powers of Congress. 11/11/11. Four types of Congressional powers. Delegated Powers - details. Five categories of delegated powers.

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  1. Do Now • (1) Prepare for your quiz 5.2 • (2) In pairs, quiz each other on Vocabulary • Daily Poll: How does Congress influence your life as a citizen?

  2. The Powers of Congress 11/11/11

  3. Four types of Congressional powers

  4. Delegated Powers - details • Five categories of delegated powers 1. Financing Government 2. Regulating Trade 3. Defending the Country 4. Creating Lower Federal Courts 5. Providing for Growth

  5. Delegated Power - Financing Government

  6. Congress: Government Finance • Think/Pair/Share: How should Congress resolve the current economic problems of the U.S.? • 4 corners: Congress should raise taxes in order to solve the current economic problems.

  7. Delegated Power - Regulating Trade 1. Regulates trade with foreign countries and between the states 2. Passes laws that protect inventors

  8. Delegated Power - Defending the Country

  9. Congress debates action in Libya

  10. Congress: Military authorization • 4 Corners: Should Congress be spending money on foreign wars when domestic issues are more important to Americans at this time?

  11. Delegated Power - Creating Lower Federal Courts • To ensure laws passed by Congress are upheld, Congress set up national courts

  12. Delegated power - provide for growth 1. Regulate immigration and naturalization 2. Govern the country’s territories 3. Provide for the admission of new states

  13. Implied Powers

  14. Formula for Implied Powers • Where X = delegated power, Y = Need Congress has to meet X, and Z = new Implied Power • If X exists, Congress may do Y, creating Z.

  15. Impeachment Power Impeach – formally accuse an officeholder of misconduct • Guilty verdict removes the person from power for serious crimes, such as Treason, or betraying one’s country

  16. Impeachment Power –House of Representatives 1. Draws up the charges against a person Majority votes yes, they impeach or formally accuse the official

  17. Impeachment power: Senate

  18. The Impeached • Andrew Johnson • Bill Clinton

  19. Bill Clinton Impeachment

  20. Special Powers • Each house has its own unique powers

  21. House of Rep’s: Special Powers

  22. Senate Special Powers 1. All impeachment trials are held there 2. Senate chooses the VP if no candidate receives enough electoral college votes 3. All treaties, or written agreements between countries, must be approved by the Senate 4. Certain high ranking officials, like Supreme Court Judges, must be approved by the Senate

  23. Limits on Powers

  24. Especially Forbidden • Suspending the writ of habeas corpus, or the right to be brought to court and charged in order to be held Passing laws applying to actions that already happened – ex post facto • Passing bills of attainder, or laws that send people to prison with no trial

  25. Last!

  26. Closure • Identify which amendment to the Constitution reserves some powers for the states and answer on your whiteboard: • What might be an example of a law Congress could not pass?

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