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Which of these is an expressed power of Congress?

admitting new states
creating a national banking system
eliminating amendments to the Constitution
determining what is cruel and unusual punishment

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Admitting new states.

That power is explicitly given to Congress in the Constitution (Art. IV, Sec. 3). Creating a national bank is an implied (necessary and proper) power; the others are not congressional powers.