House of Representatives of Liberia

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legislative body lower house of parliament

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.

Aliases (1)

Lower House of the National Legislature of Liberia ×1

Statements (46)

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 →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
House of Representatives of Liberia ("Lower House of the National Legislature of Liberia") →	alsoKnownAs
Senate of Liberia →	coequalWith
Senate of Liberia →	hasChamber
Legislature of Liberia →	hasComponent
Legislature of Liberia →	hasLowerHouse
Liberia →	lowerHouse