WGU C963 Unit 3 - American Politics Already Passed

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WGU C963 Unit 3 - American Politics Already Passed Congressional Powers ✔✔1.Tax citizens 2.Set the budget 3.Regulate commerce 4.Declare war 5.Provide advice and consent on appointments 6.Im... peach individuals 7.Oversee the powers of the judicial and executive branches Inherent Power ✔✔A power of the president derived from the statements in the Constitution that "the executive Power shall be vested in a President" and that the president should "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed"; defined through practice rather than through law. Congress Oversight ✔✔Power to investigate/review bureaucratic agencies and bureaus to ensure they are implementing the laws as intended Marbury v. Madison (1803) ✔✔Established judicial review; "midnight judges;" John Marshall; power of the Supreme Court. Which of these statements is correct about Congress's oversight authority? Select the one correct answer. Oversight is limited to its power of impeachment. Oversight is specifically mentioned in Article I, Section 8. Oversight is largely ineffective, because Congress lacks any authority over the executive branch. Oversight is not a specifically enumerated power, but rather is implied in Article I. ✔✔Oversight is not a specifically enumerated power, but rather is implied in Article I. There is no specific "power of oversight" written into the Constitution, but it is implied in many constitutional provisions, including Congress's power of the purse, advice and consent, and the power of impeachment. [Show More]

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