House of Representatives of Liberia

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The House of Representatives of Liberia is the elected lower chamber of the country’s bicameral national legislature, responsible for making laws and representing the Liberian people.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
lower house of parliament
alsoKnownAs Lower House of the National Legislature of Liberia
branchOfGovernment legislative branch of Liberia
budgetaryPower approves national budget
canImpeach President of Liberia
Vice President of Liberia
cabinet ministers of Liberia
canInitiate bills
revenue bills
chamberType lower house
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Liberia
constitutionalRole one of the two houses of the National Legislature of Liberia
country Liberia
electoralSystem single-member constituencies
electorate citizens of Liberia
governmentSystemContext presidential republic of Liberia
hasCommitteeSystem true
hasDeputySpeaker Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of Liberia
hasOfficialWebsite true
hasSpeaker Speaker of the House of Representatives of Liberia
hasUpperHouse Senate of Liberia
isElectedBody true
jurisdiction territory of Liberia
languageOfProceedings English
legislativeFunction amends laws
enacts laws
repeals laws
levelOfGovernment national
meetingCity Monrovia
meetingCountry Liberia
meetsIn Capitol Building, Monrovia
minimumAgeOfMembers 25 years
oversightMechanism hearings and investigations
partOf Legislature of Liberia
bicameral legislature of Liberia
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker
represents electoral districts of Liberia
people of Liberia
requiresApprovalBy Senate of Liberia
role lawmaking
representation of the Liberian people
supervisoryFunction oversight of the executive branch
termLength 6 years
typeOfMembers Representatives
votingSystem first-past-the-post

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