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What allows Congress to make laws on issues not mentioned in the Constitution?

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The Necessary and Proper Clause, which gives Congress power to make “all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution” other federal powers, is precisely this kind of incidental-powers clause.
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