The most important powers include the power to tax, to borrow money, to regulate commerce and currency, to declare war, and to raise armies and maintain the navy. These powers give Congress the authority to set policy on the most basic matters of war and peace. Congress's other expressed powers are wide-ranging, including: And, last but definitely not least: 1  Article I, Section 8 of Constitution lists 27 expressed powers of Congress. 2  Include power to declare war, levy taxes, regulate commerce and currency. 3  The power to establish rules to allow foreign-born immigrants to become citizens of the United States.
A: Yosemite National Park is located in the central Sierra Nevada of California and lies 150 miles east of San Francisco and only a 7 1/2 to 8 hour drive from Los Angeles.
California State Parks Foundation, Your Voice for Parks. Yosemite was Californiaâs first state park before it became a national park. If you love Yosemite, you will love our state parks too. Stop to explore these four state parks that are nearby. Marvel at the giant sequoias. Northeast of Stockton California, four miles northeast of Arnold on Highway 4.