Article 1, Section 8- Congress has the power to lay and collect taxes, pay debts, borrow money, regulate commerce, establish a rule of naturalization and bankruptcy, coin money, punish counterfeiting, establish a post office, secure patents and copyrights, create courts, punish piracies, declare war, create an army and navy, call the militia, govern District of Colombia, and apply the necessary and proper clause.
Article 1, Section 9- Congress can not regulate slave trade, suspend the writ of Habeas Corpus, pass a bill of Attainder (cannot be held without Court ruling) or ex post facto law (cannot be held if law was passed after something "illegal" happened) set taxes or duties on Articles, provide for interstate tariffs, give preferential treatment for some states, draw money from the Treasury, or grant a title of nobility.
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