War and Peace…and Cash.
- The United States Congress has authority on all matters of war and foreign policy.
- Congress has legal jurisdiction in arguments between the states about land and borders.
- Congress has the right to create a national currency and value it.
- Congress can set up a "committee of the states" to oversee raising armies and other activities.
- Congress gets to appoint all officers in the navy.
- Congress has decision-making power over affairs with the American Indians—"not members of any state" (9.5).
- State delegates will vote on all acts of Congress, and Congress will never act without majority support.
- Congress will publish its proceedings. How does that sound for some beach reading?