WGU C963 OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT
COMPLETE SOLUTION ACTUAL PAPER
⩥ implied powers. Answer: not specifically detailed in the Constitution
but inferred as necessary to achieve the objectives of the national
government.
⩥ inherent power. Answer: not enumerated or implied, must be assumed
to exist as a direct result of the country's existence.
⩥ implied power congress. Answer: The "necessary and proper cause"
directs Congress "to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper
for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers
vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in
any Department or Officer thereof." Laws that regulate banks, establish
a minimum wage, and allow for the construction and maintenance of
interstate highways. Congress has the power to oversee the other
branches of government, including the executive and judicial branches,
as well as to rein in administrative agencies, a part of the federal
government not mentioned in the Constitution.
⩥ Inherent power (Congress). Answer: not mentioned in the
Constitution, and they do not even have a convenient clause in the
,Constitution to provide for them. Instead, they are powers Congress has
determined it must assume if the government is going to work at all. The
general assumption is that these powers were deemed so essential to any
functioning government that the framers saw no need to spell them out.
Such powers include the power to control borders of the state, the power
to expand the territory of the state, and the power to defend itself from
internal revolution or coups. These powers are not granted to the
Congress, or to any other branch of the government for that matter, but
they exist because the country exists.
⩥ Enumerated Powers (Taxation) (Congress/legislative branch). Answer:
Article I, Section 8, Origination Clause, The constitutional drafters also
provided that any bill for raising revenue—that is, for taxing—must
begin in the House of Representatives. This is a unique constitutional
requirement; any other type of bill can begin in either house of
Congress. Income tax.
⩥ Enumerated Powers Budget Authority (Power of the Purse)
(Congress/legislative branch). Answer: Article I, Section 8, To borrow
money on the credit of the United States. enumerated power of
borrowing money. Congress alone is given the authority to draw from
the Treasury of the United States or to borrow on the credit of the United
States. The federal government makes money primarily through
taxation, and the Congress, made up of the people's representatives, is
entrusted with that money. The Constitution provides that no money can
be drawn from the federal treasury unless there has been law authorizing
the appropriation. Examples of laws authorizing appropriation include
emergency and disaster relief for states and territories such as for New
Orleans in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina, and Texas and Puerto Rico in
,2017 after Hurricanes Harvey and Maria. Once Congress has set a
spending limit, it cannot exceed that limit without additional
authorization.
⩥ Power to Regulate Commerce (Congress/legislative branch). Answer:
Article I, Section 8
· To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several
states, and with the Indian Tribes
· The constitutional provision permitting Congress to regulate trade
among the states is known as the Interstate Commerce Clause.
⩥ Power to Declare War (Congress/legislative branch). Answer: Article
I, Section 8, To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and
make rules concerning captures on land and water.
⩥ Checks on Other Branches (Congress/legislative branch). Answer:
Article I, Ways in which Congress can check the other branches of
government specifically mentioned in Article I of the Constitution;
advice and consent, impeachment, and oversight,
· Congress can act as a check on presidential authority. For example,
while the president appoints federal judges, ambassadors to foreign
countries, cabinet secretaries, and other high-ranking government
officials, the Senate must provide its advice and consent to those
appointments
· Treaty-making is another shared power. the president, as chief
diplomat, has the right to negotiate agreements (or treaties) with foreign
, nations on behalf of the United States, the Senate must ratify those
treaties. This is done by a two-thirds supermajority vote.
· power of impeachment; power is shared by both the House and the
Senate. The House has the authority to impeach the president, the vice
president and "all civil officers of the United States." Impeachment does
not lead to removal from office unless the Senate, which is given the
authority to conduct impeachment trials, votes to convict. Under the
Constitution, conviction requires a super-majority, a two-thirds vote in
the Senate.
⩥ The Organization of Congress (Leadership and Committees). Answer:
Congress is organized through leadership positions in both the House of
Representatives and the Senate and through the committee system.
representatives are elected as individuals; representatives also belong to
political parties. Per the Constitution, every two years a new
congressional session begins. The majority party is whichever party has
the most seats in each chamber of Congress, while the minority party is
whichever party has the least seats in each chamber of Congress.
⩥ House of Representatives (The Organization of Congress)(Leadership
and Committees). Answer: · In the House of Representatives, the
majority party gets to select the top leadership position, the Speaker of
the House, who is considered the chief presiding officer of the House of
Representatives.
· After the Speaker of the House, the majority party selects the Majority
Leader, followed by the minority party's selecting the Minority Leader
COMPLETE SOLUTION ACTUAL PAPER
⩥ implied powers. Answer: not specifically detailed in the Constitution
but inferred as necessary to achieve the objectives of the national
government.
⩥ inherent power. Answer: not enumerated or implied, must be assumed
to exist as a direct result of the country's existence.
⩥ implied power congress. Answer: The "necessary and proper cause"
directs Congress "to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper
for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers
vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in
any Department or Officer thereof." Laws that regulate banks, establish
a minimum wage, and allow for the construction and maintenance of
interstate highways. Congress has the power to oversee the other
branches of government, including the executive and judicial branches,
as well as to rein in administrative agencies, a part of the federal
government not mentioned in the Constitution.
⩥ Inherent power (Congress). Answer: not mentioned in the
Constitution, and they do not even have a convenient clause in the
,Constitution to provide for them. Instead, they are powers Congress has
determined it must assume if the government is going to work at all. The
general assumption is that these powers were deemed so essential to any
functioning government that the framers saw no need to spell them out.
Such powers include the power to control borders of the state, the power
to expand the territory of the state, and the power to defend itself from
internal revolution or coups. These powers are not granted to the
Congress, or to any other branch of the government for that matter, but
they exist because the country exists.
⩥ Enumerated Powers (Taxation) (Congress/legislative branch). Answer:
Article I, Section 8, Origination Clause, The constitutional drafters also
provided that any bill for raising revenue—that is, for taxing—must
begin in the House of Representatives. This is a unique constitutional
requirement; any other type of bill can begin in either house of
Congress. Income tax.
⩥ Enumerated Powers Budget Authority (Power of the Purse)
(Congress/legislative branch). Answer: Article I, Section 8, To borrow
money on the credit of the United States. enumerated power of
borrowing money. Congress alone is given the authority to draw from
the Treasury of the United States or to borrow on the credit of the United
States. The federal government makes money primarily through
taxation, and the Congress, made up of the people's representatives, is
entrusted with that money. The Constitution provides that no money can
be drawn from the federal treasury unless there has been law authorizing
the appropriation. Examples of laws authorizing appropriation include
emergency and disaster relief for states and territories such as for New
Orleans in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina, and Texas and Puerto Rico in
,2017 after Hurricanes Harvey and Maria. Once Congress has set a
spending limit, it cannot exceed that limit without additional
authorization.
⩥ Power to Regulate Commerce (Congress/legislative branch). Answer:
Article I, Section 8
· To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several
states, and with the Indian Tribes
· The constitutional provision permitting Congress to regulate trade
among the states is known as the Interstate Commerce Clause.
⩥ Power to Declare War (Congress/legislative branch). Answer: Article
I, Section 8, To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and
make rules concerning captures on land and water.
⩥ Checks on Other Branches (Congress/legislative branch). Answer:
Article I, Ways in which Congress can check the other branches of
government specifically mentioned in Article I of the Constitution;
advice and consent, impeachment, and oversight,
· Congress can act as a check on presidential authority. For example,
while the president appoints federal judges, ambassadors to foreign
countries, cabinet secretaries, and other high-ranking government
officials, the Senate must provide its advice and consent to those
appointments
· Treaty-making is another shared power. the president, as chief
diplomat, has the right to negotiate agreements (or treaties) with foreign
, nations on behalf of the United States, the Senate must ratify those
treaties. This is done by a two-thirds supermajority vote.
· power of impeachment; power is shared by both the House and the
Senate. The House has the authority to impeach the president, the vice
president and "all civil officers of the United States." Impeachment does
not lead to removal from office unless the Senate, which is given the
authority to conduct impeachment trials, votes to convict. Under the
Constitution, conviction requires a super-majority, a two-thirds vote in
the Senate.
⩥ The Organization of Congress (Leadership and Committees). Answer:
Congress is organized through leadership positions in both the House of
Representatives and the Senate and through the committee system.
representatives are elected as individuals; representatives also belong to
political parties. Per the Constitution, every two years a new
congressional session begins. The majority party is whichever party has
the most seats in each chamber of Congress, while the minority party is
whichever party has the least seats in each chamber of Congress.
⩥ House of Representatives (The Organization of Congress)(Leadership
and Committees). Answer: · In the House of Representatives, the
majority party gets to select the top leadership position, the Speaker of
the House, who is considered the chief presiding officer of the House of
Representatives.
· After the Speaker of the House, the majority party selects the Majority
Leader, followed by the minority party's selecting the Minority Leader
