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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; ArtI.S8.C1.1 Taxing Power.
Clause 8 Intellectual Property To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
Section 8 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; ArtI.S8.C1.1 Taxing Power.
Section 8 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;
Section 8. 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;
Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution provides Congress with broad authority to lay and collect taxes for federal debts, the common defense, and the general welfare. 1. By the Constitution’s terms, the power of Congress to levy taxes is subject to but one exception and only two qualifications. 2.
Section 8 Enumerated Powers. Clause 11 War Powers. To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; ArtI.S8.C11.1 Source of Congress's War Powers.
In its modern understanding, the Spending Clause of the U.S. Constitution ranks among Congress’s most important powers. The Clause appears first in Article I, Section 8’s list of enumerated legislative powers.
Section 8 Enumerated Powers. Clause 7 Post Offices. To establish Post Offices and post Roads; ArtI.S8.C7.1 Historical Background on Postal Power. ArtI.S8.C7.2 Power to Protect the Mails. ArtI.S8.C7.3 Power to Prevent Harmful Use of Postal Facilities.
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.