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necessary and proper clause

I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution that empowers the Congress to make all laws necessary for executing its other powers

;esp cap H&R : the lower house of the U.S. Congress or a state legislature

used in the phrase letters of marque and reprisal [the Congress shall have power…to declare war, grant letters of marque and

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body in the course of exercising its powers [ of Congress] in contempt : in the state of having been found

signature of the proper executive officer : statute [an of Congress] b : a decision or determination of a sovereign, a

indefinitely : suspend formal business or procedure and disband [the congress will next month] ad·journ·ment n

AFL-CIO American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organization

or put into effect by legislative or constitutional procedure [the Congress…shall propose s to this Constitution "U.S. Constitution art. V"]

approve ap·proved ap·prov·ing : to give formal or official sanction to : ratify [Congress approved the proposed budget]

on by [a case the court] [a bill coming up Congress]

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I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution that empowers the Congress to make all laws necessary for executing its other powers

;esp cap H&R : the lower house of the U.S. Congress or a state legislature

used in the phrase letters of marque and reprisal [the Congress shall have power…to declare war, grant letters of marque and

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