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B. General (Plenary) Legislative Power

I. Powers of Congress

1. Legislative Inquiries and Oversight Functions 2. Power of Impeachment 3. Limitations on Legislative Power

4. Limitations on Revenue, Appropriations, and Tariff 5. Presidential Veto and Congressional Override 6. Rules on Appropriation and Realignment

Express Consent

Effected only by the will of the legislature through the medium of a duly enacted statute; may be embodied either in a general law or a special law.