This is a type of government in which the citzens elect government officials to make laws and run the government

“a committee reviews the bill and marks it up to make it more viable and to reflect interests 

congress also has implied powers, which derive from the necessary and proper clause of the constitution and permit congress "to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this constitution in the government of the united states.