For “Congress” to accomplish most if the actions that you enumerated, you would need the requisite majority vote of the members. There exists so much partisan bickering and protectionism that gridlock reigns supreme. To realistically say that Congress has the power... is wishful dreaming. Congresspersons care first about themselves, not about what is best for the United States.
Obviously the speaker of the house & head of the senate are fools. They are afraid of their own shadows, thus congressional inaction. And State? I’d clean out this rats nest of naive fools & hire some truck drivers from Fresno & bakers from Alabama to run State. At least they would use common sense & mostly do the right thing. The majority of johhny boy’s people should be sent to islamic iran to live since they love the place so much.