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.

Texas's 2nd congressional district → representedIn → United States Congress ⓘ

Texas's 32nd congressional district → representedIn → United States Congress ⓘ

Texas's 37th congressional district → representedIn → United States Congress ⓘ

Texas's 3rd congressional district → representedIn → United States Congress ⓘ

Texas's 7th congressional district → representedIn → United States Congress ⓘ

Texas's 9th congressional district → representedIn → United States Congress ⓘ

Virginia's 7th congressional district → representedIn → United States Congress ⓘ

Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact → requiresApprovalBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Admissions Clause → requiresConsentFrom → United States Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: Congress

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

this entity surface form: Congress

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 → requiresReportTo → United States Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: Congress

Home Rule Act of 1973 → reservesPowerTo → United States Congress ⓘ

Associate Justices of the Supreme Court → salaryDeterminedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

subject surface form: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

District of Columbia → seatOf → United States Congress ⓘ

Texas congressional delegation → seeAlso → United States Congress ⓘ

Blanche K. Bruce → servedInLegislature → United States Congress ⓘ

American Law Division → serves → United States Congress ⓘ

Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division → serves → United States Congress ⓘ

Resources, Science, and Industry Division → serves → United States Congress ⓘ

GPO → servesBranch → United States Congress ⓘ

Capitol South Metro station → servesDistrict → United States Congress ⓘ

subject surface form: Capitol South station

Government and Finance Division → serviceProvidedTo → United States Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Congress

United States debt ceiling → setBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Murder on Capitol Hill → settingLocation → United States Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Congress

United States foreign policy → shapedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Congress

Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act → shiftedTariffAuthorityFrom → United States Congress ⓘ

Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 → signedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Congress (over veto)

National Eye Institute Act → sponsor → United States Congress ⓘ

Food Stamp Act of 1964 → sponsorChamber → United States Congress ⓘ

The Audacity of Hope → subject → United States Congress ⓘ

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

this entity surface form: Congress

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

United States Intelligence Community → subjectToOversightBy → United States Congress ⓘ

NSS → submittedTo → United States Congress ⓘ

subject surface form: National Security Strategy of the United States

United States federal budget → submittedTo → United States Congress ⓘ

Alaska Territorial Legislature → subordinateTo → United States Congress ⓘ

Federal Trade Commission → subordinateTo → United States Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Congress (oversight)

Government of Puerto Rico → subordinateTo → United States Congress ⓘ

Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico → subordinateTo → United States Congress ⓘ

Office of Thrift Supervision → supervisedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program → supervisedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation → supervisingAuthority → United States Congress ⓘ

International Religious Freedom Report → targetAudience → United States Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Congress

Quadrennial Defense Review → targetAudience → United States Congress ⓘ

Congress.gov → topic → United States Congress ⓘ

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices → usedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Extensions of Remarks section → usedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Office of Tax Analysis → usedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Property Clause → usedBy → United States Congress ⓘ

Title 48 of the United States Code → usedBy → United States Congress ⓘ