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  1. Article I Legislative Branch. Section 8 Enumerated Powers. ArtI.S8.1 Overview of Congress's Enumerated Powers. Clause 1 General Welfare.

  2. The enumerated powers (also called expressed powers, explicit powers or delegated powers) of the United States Congress are the powers granted to the federal government of the United States by the United States Constitution. Most of these powers are listed in Article I, Section 8 .

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  4. Overview of Congress's Enumerated Powers. Clause 1 General Welfare. The Congress shall have 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 United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; Taxing Power.

  5. Section 8 of Article 1 sets out the bulk of Congress’s enumerated legislative authorities. Congress’s most significant powers, in terms of the breadth of authority, may be its “power of the purse,” 2. Section 8 also defines a number of more specific powers.

  6. Enumerated powers are those specifically identified in the Constitution. 1. In McCulloch v. Maryland, Chief Justice John Marshall recognized that the Constitution expressly provides the National Government with specific enumerated powers, 2. stating: This government is acknowledged by all to be one of enumerated powers.

  7. Enumerated powers are the powers granted to the Federal government, and specifically Congress, which are mostly listed in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. Namely the power “to lay and collect taxes”, duties, impost and excises, to pay debts, to provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States, to ...

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