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.

Charles Schumer → memberOf → United States Congress ⓘ

George B. McClellan Jr. → memberOf → United States Congress ⓘ

Kevin McCarthy → memberOf → United States Congress ⓘ

Monica De La Cruz → memberOf → United States Congress ⓘ

USAR → mobilizationAuthority → United States Congress ⓘ

NEA → monitoredBy → United States Congress ⓘ

subject surface form: National Emergencies Act

Overseas Contingency Operations → monitoredBy → United States Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Congress

Emancipation Hall → nameOfficiallyDesignatedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Congressional Limited Express → namedAfter → United States Congress ⓘ

Congressional Research Service → namedAfter → United States Congress ⓘ

Congressional Silver Medal → namedAfter → United States Congress ⓘ

Congressional Space Medal of Honor → namedAfter → United States Congress ⓘ

LOC → namedAfter → United States Congress ⓘ

subject surface form: Library of Congress

Independence Avenue → namedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

AOUSC → notPartOf → United States Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: Legislative Branch of the United States

Secretary of Commerce of the United States → officeCreatedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Tenure of Office Act → overriddenBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court → overseenBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Government of the District of Columbia → overseenBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Law of the District of Columbia → overseenBy → United States Congress ⓘ

National Battlefields → overseenBy → United States Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Congress (designation authority)

Supplemental Security Income → overseenBy → United States Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Congress

SSI → overseenBy → United States Congress ⓘ

subject surface form: Supplemental Security Income

this entity surface form: U.S. Congress

Office of Financial Research → oversight → United States Congress ⓘ

Post Office Department → oversight → United States Congress ⓘ

USSS → oversight → United States Congress ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Secret Service

National Eye Institute → oversightBody → United States Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Congress

PRISM → oversightBody → United States Congress ⓘ

American Battle Monuments Commission → oversightBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Community Development Financial Institutions Fund → oversightBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Consumer Product Safety Commission → oversightBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Defense Intelligence Agency → oversightBy → United States Congress ⓘ

DCIA → oversightBy → United States Congress ⓘ

subject surface form: Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Economic Development Administration → oversightBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Export-Import Bank of the United States → oversightBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Federal-aid Highway Program → oversightBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Institute of Education Sciences → oversightBy → United States Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Congress

International Trade Administration → oversightBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Maritime Security Program → oversightBy → United States Congress ⓘ

National Emergencies Act → oversightBy → United States Congress ⓘ

National Institutes of Health → oversightBy → United States Congress ⓘ

National Security Agency → oversightBy → United States Congress ⓘ

National Security Letters → oversightBy → United States Congress ⓘ

subject surface form: National Security Letter

this entity surface form: U.S. Congress

Office of Community Planning and Development → oversightBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Office of Financial Stability (historical) → oversightBy → United States Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: Congress of the United States

Office of Naval Intelligence → oversightBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund → oversightBy → United States Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Congress

President of the United States as Commander in Chief of the militia of the several states when called into federal service → oversightBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives → oversightBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Public Law 94-412 → oversightBy → United States Congress ⓘ