Congress of Colombia

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bicameral legislature national legislature

The Congress of Colombia is the national bicameral legislature of Colombia, responsible for making federal laws and overseeing the government.

Aliases (4)

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bicameral legislature → national legislature →
appoints	some high public officials as defined by law →
buildingStyle	neoclassical →
canDissolve	no →
capitalSeat	Bogotá →
compositionDeterminedBy	population and territorial representation →
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of Colombia →
country	Colombia →
electoralCycle	every 4 years →
establishedBy	Constitution of Colombia →
governmentBranch	Legislative branch of Colombia →
hasJurisdictionOver	declaration of war and peace → international treaties approval → national budget → tax legislation →
hasPart	Chamber of Representatives of Colombia → Senate of Colombia →
houseType	lower house → upper house →
jurisdiction	Colombia →
legalSystem	civil law →
legislativeBodyFor	Republic of Colombia →
legislatureType	bicameral →
locatedInCountry	Colombia →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Bogotá → Cundinamarca Department →
lowerHouse	Chamber of Representatives of Colombia →
meetsAtCoordinates	4.5981°N 74.0760°W →
meetsIn	Capitolio Nacional →
nativeName	Congreso de Colombia →
numberOfHouses	2 →
officialLanguage	Spanish →
oversees	Government of Colombia →
role	amends the Constitution of Colombia → approves the national budget → enacts national legislation → exercises political control over the executive → oversees the national government →
sessionType	extraordinary sessions → ordinary sessions →
termLengthOfRepresentatives	4 years →
termLengthOfSenators	4 years →
upperHouse	Senate of Colombia →
votingSystemForLowerHouse	proportional representation →
votingSystemForUpperHouse	proportional representation →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Capitolio Nacional → Colombia → Government of Colombia →	legislativeBody
Chamber of Representatives of Colombia → Senate of Colombia →	partOf
COT →	governingAuthority
Government of Colombia ("Legislative branch of Colombia") →	hasBranch
Bogotá →	hostsInstitution
Attorney General of Colombia ("Legislative Branch of Colombia") →	independenceFrom
Gran Colombia →	legislature
Congress of Colombia ("Congreso de Colombia") →	nativeName
Capitolio Nacional →	operator
Judicial Power of Colombia ("Legislative Power of Colombia") →	separateFrom