Evolution - The Prodigy Unauthorised (Visual Corporation Limited, VSL 0199) This is an unofficial Prodigy video. This is an indepedently made programme charting the rise of an astonishing pop success story. 50-minute unofficial flick charting the rise of the group.
The Sixteenth Amendment in the National Archives. The Sixteenth Amendment (Amendment XVI) to the United States Constitution allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census.n July 12, 1909, the resolution proposing the Sixteenth Amendment was passed by the Congress and was submitted to the state legislatures. Support for the income tax was strongest in the western and southern states and opposition was strongest in the northeastern states.
The Sixteenth Amendment, ratified in 1913, extended Congressâ power of taxation to include income taxes. Its power of the purse is one of Congress' primary checks and balances on the actions of the executive branch. Armed Forces. The power to raise and maintain armed forces is the responsibility of Congress, and it has the power to declare war. The Senate, but not the House of Representatives, has the power to approve treaties with foreign governments, as well.