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.

Register of Copyrights → isOfficeIn → United States Congress ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States legislative branch
Congress.gov → isOfficialWebsiteOf → United States Congress ⓘ
Eugene McCarthy → isPartOf → United States Congress ⓘ
New York's 21st congressional district → isPartOf → United States Congress ⓘ
Capitol Hill → isSeatOf → United States Congress ⓘ
Architect of the Capitol → jurisdiction → United States Congress ⓘ
Coinage Act of 1835 → jurisdiction → United States Congress ⓘ
Congressional Budget Office → jurisdiction → United States Congress ⓘ
House Majority Leader → jurisdiction → United States Congress ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States federal legislature
JEC → jurisdiction → United States Congress ⓘ
Joint Committee on Taxation → jurisdiction → United States Congress ⓘ
Joint Economic Committee of Congress → jurisdiction → United States Congress ⓘ
Platt Amendment → jurisdiction → United States Congress ⓘ
Protective Services Bureau → jurisdiction → United States Congress ⓘ
Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act → jurisdiction → United States Congress ⓘ
Rules of the House of Representatives → jurisdiction → United States Congress ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States federal legislature
United States Capitol Police → jurisdiction → United States Congress ⓘ
Free Exercise Clause → languageAppliesTo → United States Congress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Congress
Northwest Ordinance → laterAffirmedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Congress under the Constitution
subject surface form: Wage and Hour Division
West Point Mint → legallyDesignatedAsMintBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Aid to Dependent Children → legislatedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Base Realignment and Closure 2005 → legislatedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Children's Health Insurance Program → legislatedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Conservation Reserve Program → legislatedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau → legislatedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
ERP → legislatedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
ECA → legislatedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
subject surface form: Economic Cooperation Administration
Federal Energy Administration → legislatedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Federal Home Loan Bank Board → legislatedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
First Transcontinental Railroad → legislatedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
James Madison Memorial Building → legislatedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Model Cities Program → legislatedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
National Road → legislatedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
National Youth Administration → legislatedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Office of War Mobilization → legislatedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Public Works Administration → legislatedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Public Works Administration (PWA) → legislatedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
subject surface form: Public Works Administration
San Luis Unit → legislatedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Tennessee Valley Authority → legislatedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Trail of Tears → legislatedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
United States federal law → legislatedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
United States law → legislatedBy → United States Congress ⓘ