The Powers of Congress

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The Powers of the U .S . Congress

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The Powers of the U .S . Congress

The United States , Congress composed of the House of Representatives and the Senate , is just one among the three coequal branches of the American government . Similar to the judicial and executive branches of the government , the US Congress owes its existence to and sources its powers and privileges from Article 1 of the Constitution . Members of this bicameral legislature of the Federal Government are selected through direct

election

The origin of the US Congress can be traced to the formation of the Second Continental Congress participated by 11 colonies in May 10 , 1775 following the start of the civil war in the month of May of the same year to claim independence from the British Empire (Christianson Hatch , 2000 ,

.775 . A year after its creation , the Second Continental Congress declared the independent and sovereign government of the United States of America , which was originally composed of 13 colonies

With the absence of a president or chief executive , all government powers were concentrated on the Second Continental Congress that acted as the national government until 1781 when it ratified the Articles of Confederation (Lincoln , 2008 ,

.90 . From 1781 to 1789 , the Congress of Confederation , whose members were referred to as `congress men governed the federal government since during that period the executive branch was not yet established (Northrup Turney , 2003 ,

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During the 1787 Convention , Edmund Randolph , then...