<P> In order to create a cohesive government, the framers felt certain powers must have belonged to a centralized authority . Conducting foreign affairs, for example, would be severely curtailed if not embarked upon in a nationally uniform manner . Similarly, a standardized currency was of prime importance for a robust and capable economy . As a result, the powers to raise armies, create treaties, and to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the states, among others, were given to the federal government . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . (January 2007) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . (January 2007) </Td> </Tr> <P> Congress is authorized to "regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes" under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution . </P>

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