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.

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Observed surface forms (18)

Surface form Occurrences
U.S. Congress 50
Congress of the United States 17
Congress 12

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.

Northern District of Oklahoma → establishedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
subject surface form: United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
United States Ready Reserve Force → establishedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
United States Space Force → establishedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
United States Tax Court → establishedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
United States courts of appeals → establishedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Congress of the United States
subject surface form: United States federal armory at Harpers Ferry
United States territorial courts → establishedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Virgin Islands National Park → establishedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Western District of Washington → establishedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
World War II Victory Medal → establishedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
New Jersey Plan → executiveChosenBy → United States Congress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Congress
Tacoma, Washington → federalLegislativeBody → United States Congress ⓘ
Crompond → federalRepresentation → United States Congress ⓘ
Congress of the Confederation → followedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
United States in Congress Assembled → followedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
AOUSC → formedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
United States Department of Labor → formedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
American Battle Monuments Commission → foundedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Architect of the Capitol → foundedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
BLS → foundedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Bureau of Justice Statistics → foundedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Congressional Budget Office → foundedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Congressional Research Service → foundedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Economic Cooperation Administration → foundedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Fannie Mae → foundedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Federal Aviation Administration → foundedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Federal Communications Commission → foundedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Federal Energy Administration → foundedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Federal Home Loan Bank System → foundedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Federal Housing Administration → foundedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Federal Railroad Administration → foundedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Federal Reserve System → foundedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Federal Trade Commission → foundedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Federal Transit Administration → foundedBy → United States Congress ⓘ