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Commissions. The President shall commission all the officers of the United States........
Common defence, &c. The Constitution established to provide for the common defence. &c.
Common defence. Congress shall have power to provide for the common defence..
Common law. In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty
dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved; and no fact tried by a jury shall
be otherwise re-examined in any court of the United States, than according to the
rules of the common law..

Compact. No State shall, without the consent of Congress, enter into any agreement or
compact with another State or a foreign power...
Compel the attendance of absent members. A smaller number than a quorum of each House
may compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such pe-
nalties as each House may provide.
Compensation. The Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their ser-
vices to be ascertained by law and paid out of the Treasury of the United States..
Compensation of the President United States. The President shall, at stated times, receive
for his services a compensation which shall be neither increased nor diminished
during the period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive with-
in that period any other emolument from the United States, or any of them......
Compensation. The judges both of the Supreme and Inferior courts shall hold their offices

during good behavior, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services a compen-
sation which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office.......
Compensation. Nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation
obtaining witnesses in his favor
Compulsory process. In all criminal prosecutions the accused to have compulsory process for

Concur. The Senate may propose and concur in amendments to revenue bills, &c. .......
Concurrence. No person shall be convicted on an impeachment without the concurrence of

Concurrence. Every order, resolution, or vote, to which the concurrence of the two Houses may be necessary, shall be presented to the President, except, &c. ......

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Confederation. No State shall enter into any confederation.......
Confederation. All debts contracted or engagements entered into before the adoption of this
Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution as
under the Confederation.......

Confession in open court. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony
of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court....
Confronted. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to be confronted

Congress U. S. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in Congress.
Congress U. S. shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.

Congress, Members of. (See Senators.) (See Representatives.)

Congress shall by law direct the manner in which the census or enumeration of the people shall be made.

Congress. The first Congress to consist of 65 members from the several States, as mentioned
herein. (See Representatives.)..

Congress. The time, places, and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representa-
tives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress
may, at any time, by law, make or alter such regulations, except as to the places
of chusing Senators.

Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall be on the first
Monday in December, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.
Congress of the U. S.-

Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own
members, and a majority of each shall constitute a quorem to do business; but
a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to com-
pel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties
as each House may provide.

Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for dis

orderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member... Each House shall keep a Journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish

the same, excepting such parts as may, in their judgment, require secrecy; and
the yeas and nays of the members of either House, on any question, shall, at
the desire of one-fifth of those present, be entered on the Journal.
Neither House, during the session of Congress, shall, without the consent of the
other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in
which the two Houses shall be sitting.

All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the
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 U. S.; 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 en-
tered on the Journal of each House respectively.

If any bill shall not be returned by the President within ten days (Sundays except-
ed) 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, pre-
vent 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,)

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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, accord-
ing to the rules and limitations prescribed in the case of a bill....

Congress shall have power-
To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts and provide
for the common defence 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 an uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of
bankruptcies throughout the U. S..

To coin money, 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 States.

To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing, for limited times, to authors and inventors, the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries...

To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court....

To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences
against the law of nations.

To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning
captures on land and water.

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