<P> Implied powers , in the United States , are powers authorized by the Constitution that , while not stated , seem implied by powers that are expressly stated . When George Washington asked Alexander Hamilton to defend the constitutionality of the First Bank of the United States against the protests of Thomas Jefferson , James Madison , and Attorney General Edmund Randolph , Hamilton produced what has now become the classic statement for implied powers . Hamilton argued that the sovereign duties of a government implied the right to use means adequate to its ends . Although the United States government was sovereign only as to certain objects , it was impossible to define all the means it should use , because it was impossible for the founders to anticipate all future exigencies . Hamilton noted that the `` general welfare clause '' and the `` necessary and proper clause '' gave elasticity to the Constitution . Hamilton won the argument with Washington , who signed the bank bill into law . </P>
<P> Implied powers , in the United States , are powers authorized by the Constitution that , while not stated , seem implied by powers that are expressly stated . When George Washington asked Alexander Hamilton to defend the constitutionality of the First Bank of the United States against the protests of Thomas Jefferson , James Madison , and Attorney General Edmund Randolph , Hamilton produced what has now become the classic statement for implied powers . Hamilton argued that the sovereign duties of a government implied the right to use means adequate to its ends . Although the United States government was sovereign only as to certain objects , it was impossible to define all the means it should use , because it was impossible for the founders to anticipate all future exigencies . Hamilton noted that the `` general welfare clause '' and the `` necessary and proper clause '' gave elasticity to the Constitution . Hamilton won the argument with Washington , who signed the bank bill into law . </P>
what part of the constitution is the basis for the implied powers of congress
what part of the constitution is the basis for the implied powers of congress
`` general welfare clause '' and the `` necessary and proper clause ''
`` general welfare clause '' and the `` necessary and proper clause ''