United States Constitution – Article I
The nationally elected governing body of the United States consists of the Senate and House of Representatives.
Responsibilities
- Creation of bills
- Lay and collect taxes
- Borrow money
- Regulate commerce
- Establish rules of naturalization and laws around bankruptcies
- Coin money
- Establish Post Offices
- Approve patents
- Constitute tribunals
- Define and punish piracy
- Declarations of War
- Raise and support armies
- Provide and maintain a navy
- Rules of Government for military bodies
- Calling forth forces to enforce the law
