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Which of these is an expressed power of congress?

Correct Answer: All of the above

Explanation:

The Constitution lists 27 expressed powers of Congress. It include power to declare war, levy taxes, regulate commerce and currency.


 



Congress's other expressed powers are wide-ranging, including:


The power to establish rules to allow foreign-born immigrants to become citizens of the United States


The power to make rules for bankruptcies


The power to punish counterfeiters


The power to set up a national post office


The power to provide for copyrights and patents to protect the work of inventors and artists


The power to organize all federal courts below the Supreme Court


The power to punish pirates


The power to hire pirates to attack foreign enemies


The power to make rules to regulate the conduct of the armed forces


The power to call out the militia to defend the country from invasions or insurrections


The power to organize and discipline the militiary


The power to govern the federal capital (Washington, DC)


The power to acquire lands from the states for use by the federal government


The power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing powers.


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