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.

Annual Threat Assessment → presentedTo → United States Congress ⓘ

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

Report on Manufactures → presentedTo → United States Congress ⓘ

Report on Public Credit → presentedTo → United States Congress ⓘ

Third Report on the Public Credit → presentedTo → United States Congress ⓘ

National Security Strategy of the United States → primaryAudience → United States Congress ⓘ

Domestic Social Policy Division → primaryClient → United States Congress ⓘ

Knowledge Services Group → primaryClient → United States Congress ⓘ

Guarantee Clause → primaryEnforcer → United States Congress ⓘ

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

Bill of Rights → proposedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → proposedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution → proposedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

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

Fourteenth Amendment → proposedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

subject surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Second Amendment to the United States Constitution → proposedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → proposedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → proposedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Thirteenth Amendment → proposedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution → proposedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution → proposedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution → proposedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution → proposedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution → proposedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution → proposedByBody → United States Congress ⓘ

Joint Committee on Taxation → providesTo → United States Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: Members of Congress

Congressional Record → publishedFor → United States Congress ⓘ

Article VIII – Transitory Provisions → ratifiedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands → ratifiedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

AIDS Memorial Grove → recognizedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

American Red Cross → recognizedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

National Academy of Public Administration → recognizedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

National World War I Museum and Memorial → recognizedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Panama–Pacific International Exposition → recognizedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

United States federal elections → regulatedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

United States federal power system → regulator → United States Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Congress

Electoral College → relatedTo → United States Congress ⓘ

United States Senate elections → relatesTo → United States Congress ⓘ

Confederate Congress → replacedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Congress of the Confederation → replacedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

AEC → reportedTo → United States Congress ⓘ

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States → reportedTo → United States Congress ⓘ

United States Watergate Special Prosecutor → reportedTo → United States Congress ⓘ

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation → reportsTo → United States Congress ⓘ

Architect of the Capitol → reportsTo → United States Congress ⓘ

Board of Directors of the FDIC → reportsTo → United States Congress ⓘ

Capitol Police Board → reportsTo → United States Congress ⓘ

Chair of the Federal Reserve → reportsTo → United States Congress ⓘ

Comptroller General of the United States → reportsTo → United States Congress ⓘ

Congressional Budget Office → reportsTo → United States Congress ⓘ