The power to create laws and to regulate taxes and commerce belong to which branch of government

The legislative Branch

Explanation:

These powers are granted to the Legislative branch, which consists of a bicameral Congress (The House and the Senate) in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, and they are part of the expressed powers that the federal government has. More accurately, this section holds that the Congress has the power to create all laws deemed to be necessary and proper to execute all the powers that are granted to it n the Constitution; to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes; and to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, among other powers.

Legislative Branch

Further Explanation:

The powers of Congress are defined as enumerated powers. It is mentioned in article 1, section 8 of the US Constitution. It can lay and collect duties, taxes, exercises, pay debts. It can borrow money from the federal government. It can regulate commerce, coin money, fix standards of weights. It can build post offices. It can also promote the progress of useful arts and science. It can build up the tribunals which are inferior to the Supreme Court. It has the authority to maintain the Army and the Navy.

Expressed powers are also known as delegated powers or enumerated powers. Expressed powers are defined in Article 1, section 8. The power includes coining money, regulating commerce, declaring war, raising and maintaining armed forces, establishing a post office. The Constitution enumerated 27 powers to federal government.  

The expressed powers of US federal constitution are a collection of taxes, duties and exercises, providing common defence, the welfare of the USA, regulating commerce with foreign nations, fixing the standards of weights, to make a standard rule of naturalisation. It also establishes rules for naval forces, organising Army, regulation of the territory and its properties. The other two powers are implied powers and inherent powers. The implied powers are not mentioned specifically in the Constitution. These powers are not explicitly defined in the Constitution. The decision to decide is left to the courts. Inherent powers grew out with the contemporary issues of the government.

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Answer Details:

Grade: High School

Chapter: U.S.A. Constitution

Subject: Social Science

Keywords:

Delegated powers, enumerated powers, article 1, section 8, coining money, regulating commerce, 27 powers, implied powers, inherent powers.