Washington House of Representatives

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component of bicameral legislature legislative body state lower house

The Washington House of Representatives is the lower chamber of Washington State’s bicameral legislature, responsible for creating and passing state laws alongside the Washington State Senate.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Washington House of Representatives canonical	9
Washington State House of Representatives	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	component of bicameral legislature ⓘ legislative body ⓘ state lower house ⓘ
abbreviation	WA House ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Washington House of Representatives ⓘ surface form: Washington State House of Representatives
building	Washington State Capitol ⓘ surface form: Legislative Building at the Washington State Capitol
canOverrideVeto	yes ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of the State of Washington ⓘ surface form: Article II of the Washington State Constitution
country	United States of America ⓘ
electionCycle	every 2 years ⓘ
electoralSystemLevel	state level ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitution of the State of Washington ⓘ surface form: Washington State Constitution
establishedIn	1889 ⓘ
governedBy	rules of the Washington House of Representatives ⓘ
governmentBranch	legislative branch of Washington State ⓘ
hasChamber	lower house ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem	yes ⓘ
hasMajorityParty	varies by election ⓘ
hasMinorityParty	varies by election ⓘ
hasPresidingOfficer	Speaker of the House ⓘ
jurisdiction	Washington ⓘ surface form: State of Washington
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ
lawMakingProcess	bills must pass both the House and the Washington State Senate ⓘ
legislativeType	lower chamber ⓘ
locatedInCity	Olympia ⓘ surface form: Olympia, Washington
meetsIn	Washington State Capitol ⓘ
membersPerDistrict	2 ⓘ
membersTitle	state representative ⓘ
numberOfLegislativeDistricts	49 ⓘ
numberOfMembers	98 ⓘ
openMeetings	generally open to the public ⓘ
oversightFunction	oversight of state executive agencies ⓘ
partOf	Washington State Legislature ⓘ
passes	bills ⓘ resolutions ⓘ
publicBody	yes ⓘ
redistrictingRole	participates in legislative redistricting process as defined by state law ⓘ
responsibility	creating state laws ⓘ passing state laws ⓘ
roleInBudget	initiates and approves state budget legislation ⓘ
sessionType	regular sessions ⓘ special sessions ⓘ
sharesLegislativePowerWith	Washington State Senate ⓘ
state	Washington ⓘ
termLength	2 years ⓘ
vetoOverrideRequirement	two-thirds majority in both chambers ⓘ
votingSystem	first-past-the-post ⓘ
website	Washington State Legislature ⓘ surface form: https://leg.wa.gov/House

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

Input

Subject: Washington House of Representatives
Description of subject: The Washington House of Representatives is the lower chamber of Washington State’s bicameral legislature, responsible for creating and passing state laws alongside the Washington State Senate.

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Washington → hasLowerHouse → Washington House of Representatives ⓘ

Washington, United States → lowerHouse → Washington House of Representatives ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington (state)

Washington State Legislature → hasPart → Washington House of Representatives ⓘ

Washington State Senate → hasLowerHouse → Washington House of Representatives ⓘ

Washington State Senate → sharesLegislativePowerWith → Washington House of Representatives ⓘ

Washington House of Representatives → alsoKnownAs → Washington House of Representatives ⓘ

this entity surface form: Washington State House of Representatives

Warren G. Magnuson → servedIn → Washington House of Representatives ⓘ

Washington State Capitol → houses → Washington House of Representatives ⓘ

Government of Washington (state) → hasChamber → Washington House of Representatives ⓘ

Washington State, United States → lowerHouse → Washington House of Representatives ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington (state)