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
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
United States Congress (over veto)	1
United States Congress (oversight)	1
United States Congress delegations	1
United States Congress under the Constitution	1
United States Congresses	1
legislative branch of the United States	1
legislative branch of the United States government	1
the Congress of the United States	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.

United States Statutes at Large → governingBody → United States Congress ⓘ

United States coat of arms → governingBody → United States Congress ⓘ

United States coins → governingBody → United States Congress ⓘ

VC-25B Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization program → governingBody → United States Congress ⓘ

Virginia's 8th congressional district → governingBody → United States Congress ⓘ

Inaugural Address "Ask not what your country can do for you" → governmentBodyPresent → United States Congress ⓘ

Kansas–Nebraska Act → governmentBranch → United States Congress ⓘ

New York's 11th congressional district → governmentalBody → United States Congress ⓘ

Hylton v. United States → governmentalBodyInvolved → United States Congress ⓘ

Title 2 of the United States Code → governs → United States Congress ⓘ

24th Amendment to the United States Constitution → grantsPowerTo → United States Congress ⓘ

Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution → grantsPowerTo → United States Congress ⓘ

Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution → grantsPowerTo → United States Congress ⓘ

Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution → grantsPowerTo → United States Congress ⓘ

Article V → grantsPowerTo → United States Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: Congress of the United States

Commerce Clause → grantsPowerTo → United States Congress ⓘ

Enforcement Clause → grantsPowerTo → United States Congress ⓘ

Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → grantsPowerTo → United States Congress ⓘ

Full Faith and Credit Clause → grantsPowerTo → United States Congress ⓘ

General Welfare Clause doctrine → grantsPowerTo → United States Congress ⓘ

Necessary and Proper Clause → grantsPowerTo → United States Congress ⓘ

New States and Federal Property → grantsPowerTo → United States Congress ⓘ

Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → grantsPowerTo → United States Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: Congress

Property Clause → grantsPowerTo → United States Congress ⓘ

Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment → grantsPowerTo → United States Congress ⓘ

Taxing and Spending Clause → grantsPowerTo → United States Congress ⓘ

Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution → grantsPowerTo → United States Congress ⓘ

Thirteenth Amendment → grantsPowerTo → United States Congress ⓘ

Texas's 4th congressional district → hasLegislativeBody → United States Congress ⓘ

Public Law 88-38 → hasLegislativeBranch → United States Congress ⓘ

United States politics → hasLegislature → United States Congress ⓘ

Assumption Act implementation → hasParticipant → United States Congress ⓘ

Texas's 31st congressional district → hasRepresentationIn → United States Congress ⓘ

Office of Trust Services → hasStakeholder → United States Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Congress

Murder on Capitol Hill → hasSubject → United States Congress ⓘ

Springfield Armory National Historic Site → heritageDesignationGrantedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Flying Tigers → honoredBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Washington, D.C. → hostsInstitution → United States Congress ⓘ

Congress Hall → housedBody → United States Congress ⓘ

United States Capitol → houses → United States Congress ⓘ

United States Capitol Complex → houses → United States Congress ⓘ

Economic Report of the President → intendedAudience → United States Congress ⓘ

Science and Engineering Indicators report → intendedFor → United States Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: Congress

Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act → introducedIn → United States Congress ⓘ

Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act (proposed Akaka Bill) → introducedIn → United States Congress ⓘ

subject surface form: Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act

Nunn–Cohen Amendment → introducedIn → United States Congress ⓘ

2020 United States presidential election → involvedInstitution → United States Congress ⓘ

Watergate scandal → involves → United States Congress ⓘ

United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs → isAccountableTo → United States Congress ⓘ

Main Reading Room rotunda → isAssociatedWith → United States Congress ⓘ