United States Congress

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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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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 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coinage Act of 1834 → legislativeBody → United States Congress ⓘ
Electoral Count Act of 1887 → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
United States Code → branchOfGovernment → United States Congress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative Branch of the United States
Treasury Act of 1789 → legislativeBody → United States Congress ⓘ
U.S. Department of Energy → foundedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Report on Public Credit → presentedTo → United States Congress ⓘ
Report on Public Credit → commissionedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Capital Magnet Fund → authorizedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Congress
Internal Revenue Code → enactedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
DOT → foundedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Department of Transportation
Federal Railroad Administration → foundedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Silver Star → establishedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
ECA → legislatedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
subject surface form: Economic Cooperation Administration
Taxing and Spending Clause → grantsPowerTo → United States Congress ⓘ
Fourteenth Amendment → proposedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
subject surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Fourteenth Amendment → empowers → United States Congress ⓘ
subject surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Civil Rights Act of 1866 → legislativeBody → United States Congress ⓘ
United States Postal Service → foundedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Constitution of Puerto Rico → approvedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
National Cancer Institute → foundedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
The Audacity of Hope → subject → United States Congress ⓘ
86th United States Congress → legislativeBody → United States Congress ⓘ
86th United States Congress → legislativeTermOf → United States Congress ⓘ
Judiciary Act of 1789 → passedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
United States Military Academy → foundedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
National Intelligence Program → reportsTo → United States Congress ⓘ
United States Mint → foundedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
National Park Service → foundedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Librarian of Congress → reportsTo → United States Congress ⓘ
Congressional Research Service → foundedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Congressional Research Service → namedAfter → United States Congress ⓘ
Congress.gov → topic → United States Congress ⓘ
Congress.gov → isOfficialWebsiteOf → United States Congress ⓘ
Federal Reserve System → foundedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Federal Reserve System → reportsTo → United States Congress ⓘ
United States Armed Forces → foundedBy → United States Congress ⓘ
Title 3 of the United States Code → appliesTo → United States Congress ⓘ
this entity surface form: Congress of the United States
United States Secretary of Labor → createdBy → United States Congress ⓘ
FRB → reportsTo → United States Congress ⓘ
Vice Chair for Supervision → reportsTo → United States Congress ⓘ