How does clause 18 of article i, section 8, known as the "elastic" or the "necessary and proper" clause, affect the powers of congress? a. the clause grants members of congress the power to send mail without paying postage. b. the clause explains the powers that congress must use to amend the constitution. c. the clause limits congress's power to check the authority of the executive branch. d. the clause grants congress its implied powers.

D is the correct answer.

The necessary and proper clause is the basis for granting Congress implied powers.

The general argument is that Congress has the ability to make laws that are 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."

What does that mean? Well, what do you want it to mean? Congress has taken it to justify a lot of what they would like to do.

D.The clause grants Congress its implied powers.

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