Question

Questions for Discussion
1. Which government authority, according to the Petition, must approve taxes?

Answer 1

Answer The Congress

Explanation:

The Taxing Clause of Article I, Section 8, is listed first for a reason: the Framers decided, and the ratifiers of the Constitution agreed, that Congress must itself possess the power “to lay and collect Taxes . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.” Congress