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The legislative powers of the federal government are vested in Congress. They are empowered by the Constitution to make the laws.
Congress is vested with the power to make all laws.
The Congress shall have the power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by the constitution.
It says that the National Government can make any laws as long as they are "necessary and proper" to carry out powers given to it by the Constitution."The Congress shall have Power... To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof."all legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a congress of the united states.
It limits congressional power that the powers Congress are to exercise are exclusively those specifically provided for in Article I. This has been interpreted to mean that Congress, and only Congress, is vested with the legislative power.