Miscellaneous+Notes+(?s+from+Class)

FEDERALISM NOTES:
 * National || Shared || State ||
 * * Declare war
 * Maintain armed forces
 * Regulate interstate and foreign trade
 * Admit new states
 * Establish post offices
 * Set standard weights and measures
 * Coin money
 * Establish foreign policy
 * Make all laws necessary || * Maintain law and order
 * Levy taxes
 * Borrow money
 * Charter banks
 * Establish courts
 * Provide for public welfare || * Establish and maintain schools
 * Establish local governments
 * Regulate business with in the state
 * Make marriage laws
 * Provide for public safety
 * Assume other powers not delegated to the national government or prohibited by states ||

BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT NOTES:
 * __The United States has a Bicameral Legislative Branch of Government__**

House of Representatives- Lower Body of Congress (each states’s # of representatives is determined by population)

Senate- Upper Body of Congress (each state 2 senators)

When referring to the entire legislative branch, the proper collective term is //Congress//. Unlike the people who serve in the Senate or House of Representatives, the Congress as a whole exists for one year at a time. Historians may refer to the 87th Congress, for example, meaning those Senate and House members who met during that particular year. In that sense, "Congress" is a year-long event, while the Senate and House of Representatives buildings have existed for many decades.