"The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;"
Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
The Department of Defense has the power to report to Congress.
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States. Basically taxation allows Congress to operate the country supposedly in the best interest of the people.
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Congress has the power to collect taxes because it is written in the Constitution under Article 1. Congress has the power to tax in order to provide for everyone within the United States.
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The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general wellfare of the united states.
Congress shares power in this field with the president. Only Congress may declare war.
Collect Taxes
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Yes, Congress has the power to borrow money on behalf of the United States government. This authority is outlined in the U.S. Constitution, which grants Congress the ability to borrow money to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the country.
This phrase means that the President is the chief executive office of the country, the boss of the country, so to speak. It means that he runs the government and carries out the laws passed by Congress. He is the one who has the power to spend the money appropriated by Congress and to collect the taxes imposed by Congress and so forth.