United States Congress

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bicameral legislature federal institution legislative branch

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislative branch of the federal government of the United States, responsible for making national laws, approving budgets, and overseeing the executive branch.

Observed surface forms (18)

Surface form Occurrences
U.S. Congress 50
Congress of the United States 17
Congress 12
United States legislative branch 3
Congresses of the United States 2
Legislative Branch of the United States 2
United States federal legislature 2
Members of Congress 1
U.S. Congress (designation authority) 1
United States Congress (for oversight and reporting) 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
federal institution ⓘ
legislative branch ⓘ
canBeCalledInto special session ⓘ
convenes once each year ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdBy United States Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Article I of the United States Constitution
dateEstablished 1789 ⓘ
employs Congressional staff ⓘ
establishedBy United States Constitution ⓘ
governedBy rules of the House of Representatives ⓘ
rules of the Senate ⓘ
hasComponent United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
hasLeader United States House leadership ⓘ
surface form: House Majority Leader

House Minority Leader ⓘ
President of the United States Senate ⓘ
President of the United States Senate ⓘ
surface form: President pro tempore of the United States Senate

Senate Majority Leader ⓘ
Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
hasLibrary Library of Congress ⓘ
hasNumberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
hasPoliceForce United States Capitol Police ⓘ
hasPower admit new states ⓘ
approve federal budget ⓘ
approve treaties ⓘ
coin money ⓘ
confirm presidential appointments ⓘ
declare war ⓘ
establish federal courts below the Supreme Court ⓘ
establish post offices ⓘ
govern District of Columbia ⓘ
impeach federal officials ⓘ
levy taxes ⓘ
make federal laws ⓘ
provide and maintain a navy ⓘ
raise and support armies ⓘ
regulate foreign commerce ⓘ
regulate interstate commerce ⓘ
remove federal officials after impeachment trial ⓘ
hasTermLength 2 years for each Congress ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor United States of America ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
meetsAt United States Capitol ⓘ
oversees executive branch of the United States ⓘ
federal agencies ⓘ
partOf United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
publishes Congressional Record ⓘ
United States Statutes at Large ⓘ
replaced Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
requires two-thirds majority for constitutional amendments ⓘ
two-thirds majority to override presidential veto ⓘ
sessionType regular session ⓘ
supportedBy Congressional Budget Office ⓘ
Congressional Research Service ⓘ
Government Accountability Office ⓘ
usesSystem committee system ⓘ
votingSystem simple majority for most legislation ⓘ

Referenced by (1,264)

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

U.S. federal agencies → accountableTo → United States Congress ⓘ
United States federal officials → accountableTo → United States Congress ⓘ
subject surface form: Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points
Title 16 of the United States Code → administeredBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Title 18 of the United States Code → administeredBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Title 54 of the United States Code → administeredBy → United States Congress ⓘ
U.S. Copyright Act → administeredBy → United States Congress ⓘ
motto "Annuit cœptis" → adoptedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
subject surface form: Annuit cœptis
this entity surface form: Congress of the United States
Pledge of Allegiance → adoptedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
In God We Trust → adoptingBody → United States Congress ⓘ
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation → advises → United States Congress ⓘ
JEC → advises → United States Congress ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Congress
NAS → advises → United States Congress ⓘ
subject surface form: National Academy of Sciences
this entity surface form: U.S. Congress
United States Botanic Garden → affiliatedWith → United States Congress ⓘ
Madison Building → affiliation → United States Congress ⓘ
Richard Armey → affiliation → United States Congress ⓘ
Low-Income Housing Tax Credit → allocationAuthority → United States Congress ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Congress
Vice President of the United States → alsoPartOf → United States Congress ⓘ
this entity surface form: legislative branch of the United States
Truman Doctrine → announcedAt → United States Congress ⓘ
Eisenhower Doctrine → announcedIn → United States Congress ⓘ
Necessary and Proper Clause → appliesTo → United States Congress ⓘ
New States and Federal Property → appliesTo → United States Congress ⓘ
Public Law 79-304 → appliesTo → United States Congress ⓘ
Title 3 of the United States Code → appliesTo → United States Congress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Congress of the United States
Thomas H. Kean → appointedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Article II – Bill of Rights → approvedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Base Realignment and Closure 2005 → approvedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Constitution of Puerto Rico → approvedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Eisenhower Doctrine → approvedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Louisiana Purchase Exposition → approvedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
motto "Novus ordo seclorum" → approvedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
subject surface form: Novus ordo seclorum
P.R. Const. art. VIII → approvedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970 → approvedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
United States federal budget → approvedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Admiral of the Navy → associatedPerson → United States Congress ⓘ
Daniel Pope Cook → associatedWith → United States Congress ⓘ
Gershwin Prize for Popular Song → associatedWith → United States Congress ⓘ
National Medal of Honor Day → associatedWith → United States Congress ⓘ
National Statuary Hall → associatedWith → United States Congress ⓘ
Office of Management and Operations → associatedWith → United States Congress ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Congress