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Read this quote from Article I of the Constitution. Congress shall have power . . . [t]o make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers. Which part of this quote is the basis for implied powers?

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[t]o make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers. This part does is the basis for implied powers because there is no mention of any specific power that is in the list of the Constitution.


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necessary and proper is the correct answer

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