Chamber of Deputies of Argentina

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The Chamber of Deputies of Argentina is the country’s directly elected lower house of the National Congress, responsible for initiating legislation, particularly on budget and taxation, and representing the population by proportional districts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
lower house of parliament
abbreviation HCDN
budgetRole debates and approves national budget
buildingStyle Neoclassical
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Argentina
constitutionalFunction legislation
political control of the executive
representation of the people
country Argentina
electoralBody Argentine citizens
electoralDistrictType multi-member districts
electoralSystem closed list proportional representation
establishedIn 1854
hasCommitteeSystem special committees
standing committees
hasNumberOfMembers 257
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.hcdn.gob.ar/
hasPower approve or reject bills
impeach public officials
initiate budget bills
initiate legislation
initiate taxation bills
oversee the executive branch
includesRepresentativesFrom Argentine provinces
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
isBicameralPartnerWith Senate of Argentina
jurisdiction Argentina
languageUsed Spanish
legislativeChamber lower house
locatedIn Buenos Aires
meetsIn Palace of the Argentine National Congress
minimumAgeOfMembers 25 years
nativeName Chamber of Deputies of Argentina self-linksurface differs
surface form: Cámara de Diputados de la Nación
oversightMechanism interpellation of ministers
investigative commissions
partOf National Congress of Argentina
passes national laws
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Chamber of Deputies
renewalPattern half of the seats renewed every 2 years
represents people of Argentina
seatAllocationBasis population of each province
sessionType plenary sessions
taxationRole debates and approves tax legislation
termLength 4 years
typeOfParliament bicameral legislature component
votingSystem proportional representation

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Argentina lowerHouse Chamber of Deputies of Argentina
National Congress of Argentina hasChamber Chamber of Deputies of Argentina
Senate of Argentina lowerHouse Chamber of Deputies of Argentina
Senate of Argentina coLegislatesWith Chamber of Deputies of Argentina
Chamber of Deputies of Argentina nativeName Chamber of Deputies of Argentina self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Cámara de Diputados de la Nación
Government of Argentina lowerHouse Chamber of Deputies of Argentina
Argentine Justicialist Party representedIn Chamber of Deputies of Argentina
Palace of the Argentine National Congress usedBy Chamber of Deputies of Argentina
this entity surface form: Argentine Chamber of Deputies
Chamber of Deputies brings charges in impeachment performedBy Chamber of Deputies of Argentina
this entity surface form: Chamber of Deputies of the Argentine Nation
Chamber of Deputies brings charges in impeachment decisionBody Chamber of Deputies of Argentina
this entity surface form: plenary of the Chamber of Deputies of Argentina
Diario de Sesiones usedBy Chamber of Deputies of Argentina
HCDN fullName Chamber of Deputies of Argentina
this entity surface form: Honorable Cámara de Diputados de la Nación
HCDN abbreviationFor Chamber of Deputies of Argentina
this entity surface form: Honorable Cámara de Diputados de la Nación
HCDN nativeName Chamber of Deputies of Argentina
this entity surface form: Honorable Cámara de Diputados de la Nación
HCDN hasChamber Chamber of Deputies of Argentina
this entity surface form: Cámara de Diputados de la Nación