4.10- Legislative Powers of Congress

borrow money

regulating commerce with foreign countries

regulating commerce between states

maintaining armed forces

requiring a church to collect tax payments from attendees

charging tax on the sale of furniture

collecting a portion of a fast food worker’s paycheck

charging a payment to vote in an election

The federal government frequently raises the debt ceiling.

The federal government rarely raises the debt ceiling.

The federal government uses deficit spending most years.

The federal government rarely uses deficit spending.

the Full Faith and Credit Clause

the Supremacy Clause

the Elastic Clause

the Privileges and Immunities Clause

States only have the power to declare war on other U.S. states.

The Pennsylvania legislature is not a sovereign nation’s central government.

Pennsylvania does not have representation in the federal Congress.

The Constitution grants this power to Congress and denies it to the states.