The Journal of the Debates in the Convention which Framed the Constitution of the United States, May-September 1787. Volume 2Madison, James
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The Journal of the Debates in the Convention which Framed the Constitution of the United States, May-September 1787. Volume 2
Madison, James
Constitutional law -- United States; Constitutions -- United States; United States. Constitution
Sect. 13. Every bill, which shall have passed the House of
Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a law,
be presented to the President of the United States for his
revision: if, upon such revision, he approve of it, he shall
signify his approbation by signing it: But if, upon such
revision, it shall appear to him improper for being passed into
a law, he shall return it, together with his objections against
it, to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall
enter the objections at large on their journal and proceed to
reconsider the bill. But if after such reconsideration, two
thirds of that House shall, notwithstanding the objections of
the President, agree to pass it, it shall together with his
objections, be sent to the other House, by which it shall
likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of the
other House also, it shall become a law. But in all such cases,
the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays;
and the names of the persons voting for or against the bill
shall be entered on the journal of each House respectively. If
any bill shall not be returned by the President within seven
days after it shall have been presented to him, it shall be a
law, unless the legislature, by their adjournment, prevent its
return; in which case it shall not be a law.
VII
Sect. 1. The Legislature of the United States shall have the
power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises;
To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several
States;
To establish an uniform rule of naturalization throughout the
United States;
To coin money;
To regulate the value of foreign coin;
To fix the standard of weights and measures;
To establish Post-offices;
To borrow money, and emit bills on the credit of the United
States;
To appoint a Treasurer by ballot;
To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court;
To make rules concerning captures on land and water;
To declare the law and punishment of piracies and felonies
committed on the high seas, and the punishment of counterfeiting
the coin of the United States, and of offences against the law
of nations;
To subdue a rebellion in any State, on the application of its
legislature;
To make war;
To raise armies;
To build and equip fleets;
To call forth the aid of the militia, in order to execute the
laws of the Union, enforce treaties, suppress insurrections, and
repel invasions;
And to make all laws that shall be necessary and proper for
carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other
powers vested, by this Constitution, in the government of the
United States, or in any department or officer thereof;
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