What are the 7 powers given to Congress by the Constitution: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

1. Make laws

2. Declare war

3. Raise and provide public money and oversee its proper expenditure

4. Impeach and try federal officers

5. Approve presidential appointments

6. Approve treaties negotiated by the executive branch

7. Oversight and investigations

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts