United States Constititution
President of the United States; If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Ob- jections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Ob- jections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by Yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively. If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law. Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the Concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of Adjournment) shall be present- ed to the President of the United States; and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be ap- proved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill.
Section 8: Powers of Congress 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; • To borrow Money on the credit of the United States; • To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; • To establish a uniform Rule of Naturaliza- tion, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States; • To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; • To provide for the Punishment of counter- feiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States; • To establish Post Offices and post Roads; • 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; • To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court; • To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offenses against the Law of Nations; • To declare War, grant Letters of Marque
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