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. What powers does the elastic clause give Congress? and how does elastic clause serve as a method of informal amendment?​

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The answer is in the 'necessary and proper clause' of the U.S. Constitution, better known as the 'elastic clause,' which allows Congress to make laws it needs to carry out its own powers.

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