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.
Yosemite, today, is the southernmost range and last sanctuary of almost all of California's great gray owls, listed as California State Endangered Species. Researchers estimate there are only about 200 to 300 individuals in California, and about 65% of the state's population resides in Yosemite.