What are the congress duties?

Answer 1

The US 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; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

To borrow money on the credit of the United States;

To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;

To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;

To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;

To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;

To establish Post Offices and Post Roads;

To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;

To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;

To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offenses against the Law of Nations;

To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;

To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;

To provide and maintain a Navy;

To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;

To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings; And

To make all Laws which 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.

Answer 2

Answer

The congress has the duty of enacting laws of the country. They are the one tasked with the duty of reviewing all enacted laws and sees to it that the laws are still applicable with the current situation of the country. In the event that a particular law is already obsolete. They should amend or enact a new law that will be most suitable.

Answer 3

Besides representing the needs of their constituents, Congress members need to think about the good of the nation as a whole.

Sometimes, Congress members may go against the will of their constituents in order to serve the nation.

Answer 4

The constitution gives Congress the responsibility to elect the new President if there is no majority vote. The house may not be called on for Vice-President however, this is the responsibility of the Senate.

Answer 5

With regards to the US Congress, its duties and responsibilities are manifold. Basically, it is the House of Representatives that formulates all bills relating to the government's spending policies. Its many committees debate the merits of all bills either from the House of the Senate. It may hold investigative hearings on the activities of the executive branch or on proposed bills from either house of congress. The House also has the power of impeachment. This is a rare situation however.
As for the Senate, members there approve appointments to judicial and cabinet positions. It has the power to declare war and the power to approve or reject treaties made by the executive branch. Here, the line is fuzzy in that the Supreme Court has virtually given the executive branch tremendous powers in foreign affairs. The Senate also generates bills.

Answer 6

They are in charge of passing new laws. They can formulate a budget and try to come up with tax laws.