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The president does not have the power to raise the debt ceiling . He has no power to borrow money and not really any power over spending-- only the Congress can do that. The president can only spend money that Congress has appropriated to be spent, although Presidents have been known to withhold funds that Congress has already appropriated.
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Congress did not have any money and it did not have the power to raise money.
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Congress sets a limit on the tax maximum, and states raise or lower their own. So taxesis a shared power between Congress and State
Yes, it is. In the US Constitution, the power to raise money is an expressed power as stated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (power to lay and collect taxes) and Clause 2 (power to borrow money on the credit of the United States. The power to lay and collect taxes was supplemented by the Sixteenth Amendment which gave Congress the power to impose an income tax.
No. Congress does not have the power to establish a minimum wage at all.