One of the most important functions of Congress is in facilitating trade among the States and between the United States and foreign countries. The intent of the so-called commerce clause was to compel Congress to only lower barriers to trade, in the attempt to achieve a no-restrictions free market among the States. One way Congress can facilitate trade is by setting and maintaining a set of national weights and measures.
Who promised to raise moral standards in Congress using the Contract with America in 1994?
Regulation Z deals with the "Truth in Lending".
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To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures
The Second Continental Congress was made up of delegates from the thirteen British colonies of America. Its original purpose was to oversee the colonial war effort against Great Britain.
the congress can fix standards for weights
Who promised to raise moral standards in Congress using the Contract with America in 1994?
Both
In 1994, Congress created the National Skill Standards Board (NSSB) to develop a voluntary national system of skill standards, assessment, and certification.
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435 members
In the United States, Congress has the constitutional right to fix standards, but except for purposes of customs and internal revenue, weights and measures legislation has been, for the most part, permissive. Sets of official weights and measures were sent to the states in 1856, but legislation and enforcement are largely state prerogatives.
The contract with America
The contract with America
The Congress of Vienna.
The Congress of Vienna.
Article III of the Constitution leaves it to Congress to fix the number of justices.