he senate may propose, or concur with,
amendments, as on other bills.
Every bill which shall have passed the house of representatives and the
senate, shall, before it become a law, be presented to the president of
the United States; if he approve, he shall sign it; but if not he shall
return it, with his objections, to that house in which it shall have
originated, who shall enter the objections at large on their journal,
and proceed to reconsider it. If after such reconsideration, two-thirds
of that house shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together
with the objections, to the other house, by which it shall likewise be
reconsidered, and, if approved by two-thirds of that house, it shall
become a law. But, in all such cases, the votes of both houses shall be
determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for and
against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each house
respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the president within
ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him,
the same shall be a law, in like manner as if he had signed it, unless
the congress, by their adjournment, prevent its return, in which case it
shall not be a law.
Every order, resolution, or vote, to which the concurrence of the senate
and house of representatives may be necessary, (except on a question of
adjournment,) shall be presented to the president of the United States,
and before the same shall take effect, shall be approved by him, or,
being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two-thirds of the senate
and house of representatives, according to the rules and limitations
prescribed in the case of a bill.
Sec. 8. The 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 a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the
subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States:
To coin money; to 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 S
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