Congress of the Union

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bicameral legislature federal legislature national parliament

The Congress of the Union is Mexico’s bicameral federal legislature, composed of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, responsible for making national laws and overseeing the federal government.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Congress of the Union (Mexico) 1
Legislature of the Congress of the Union 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
federal legislature ⓘ
national parliament ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch of Mexico ⓘ
budgetYear annual federal budget ⓘ
canAmendConstitution true ⓘ
canChangeStateBoundaries true ⓘ
canCreateStates true ⓘ
canOverridePresidentialVeto true ⓘ
canSuspendConstitutionalRights under specific constitutional conditions ⓘ
compositionPrinciple representation of the Mexican people ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
electoralSystemLowerHouse mixed-member system ⓘ
electoralSystemUpperHouse mixed-member system ⓘ
hasPart Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) ⓘ
surface form: Chamber of Deputies of Mexico

Senate of the Republic of Mexico ⓘ
hasPowerOf political trial (impeachment) of certain officials ⓘ
hasSessionType extraordinary sessions ⓘ
ordinary sessions ⓘ
jurisdiction Mexico ⓘ
surface form: United Mexican States
languageOfWork Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis Political Constitution of the United Mexican States ⓘ
legislativeBody federal government of Mexico ⓘ
lowerHouse Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) ⓘ
surface form: Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
meetsIn Mexico City ⓘ
San Lázaro Legislative Palace ⓘ
surface form: Palacio Legislativo de San Lázaro

Senate of the Republic building ⓘ
numberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
officialName Senate of the Republic ⓘ
surface form: Congreso de la Unión
primaryFunction approval of the federal budget ⓘ
constitutional amendment ⓘ
declaration of war and peace ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
oversight of the federal executive ⓘ
ratification of international treaties ⓘ
regulates foreign trade of Mexico ⓘ
national security matters within its competence ⓘ
responsibleFor approving federal taxes ⓘ
approving public debt ⓘ
creating and abolishing federal offices ⓘ
enacting federal laws ⓘ
granting leave to the President in certain cases ⓘ
oversight of public spending ⓘ
supervises federal public administration ⓘ
termLengthLowerHouse 3 years ⓘ
termLengthUpperHouse 6 years ⓘ
typeOfGovernmentSystem presidential federal republic ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of the Republic of Mexico ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Judicial Branch of Mexico → budgetApprovedBy → Congress of the Union ⓘ
Mexican Congress → followedBy → Congress of the Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Congress of the Union (Mexico)
Senate of the Republic → legislativeTermName → Congress of the Union ⓘ
subject surface form: Senate of the Republic (Mexico)
this entity surface form: Legislature of the Congress of the Union
First Mexican Republic → legislature → Congress of the Union ⓘ
Government of Mexico → legislature → Congress of the Union ⓘ
Mexico → legislature → Congress of the Union ⓘ
Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) → partOf → Congress of the Union ⓘ
Chamber of Deputies → partOf → Congress of the Union ⓘ
subject surface form: Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
President of the Chamber of Deputies → partOf → Congress of the Union ⓘ
San Lázaro Legislative Palace → partOf → Congress of the Union ⓘ
Senate of the Republic → partOf → Congress of the Union ⓘ
subject surface form: Senate of the Republic (Mexico)
Senate of the Republic of Mexico → partOf → Congress of the Union ⓘ