Pennsylvania congressional delegation

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The Pennsylvania congressional delegation is the group of elected U.S. Senators and Representatives who collectively represent the state of Pennsylvania in the United States Congress.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf congressional delegation
political organization
appliesToJurisdiction Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
composedOfMembersFrom Democratic Party (United States) NERFINISHED
Republican Party (United States) NERFINISHED
coordinateWith Pennsylvania state government NERFINISHED
country United States of America
electoralConnection Pennsylvania congressional district elections for House seats
Pennsylvania statewide elections for Senate seats
electorate registered voters in Pennsylvania
governingBodyOfRepresentedEntity none
hasPart United States representatives from Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
United States senators from Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
hasRole advice and consent on federal appointments via Senate members
constituent services
federal budget and appropriations voting
federal lawmaking
ratification of treaties via Senate members
representation of Pennsylvania interests in Congress
hasWebsiteType official member websites for individual offices
houseElectionsFrequency every 2 years
houseRepresentationBasis population-based apportionment
houseTermLength 2 years
houseVotingRights full voting rights in the House of Representatives
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalBasis Article I of the United States Constitution NERFINISHED
United States Constitution NERFINISHED
legislativeChamber United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
location Washington, D.C.
meetsAt United States Capitol NERFINISHED
numberOfSenators 2
numberOfVotingHouseMembers 17
partOf Pennsylvania federal representation
United States Congress
represents Commonwealth of Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
state of Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
representsEntitySince 1789
senateClassSystem three-class rotation
senateElectionsStaggered yes
senateRepresentationBasis equal representation of states
senateTermLength 6 years
senateVotingRights full voting rights in the Senate
statehoodDateOfRepresentedEntity 1787-12-12
subdivisionOfElectorateForHouse Pennsylvania congressional districts NERFINISHED
topic politics of Pennsylvania
usesElectoralSystem single-member districts for House seats

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Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district stateDelegation Pennsylvania congressional delegation
Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district partOf Pennsylvania congressional delegation
Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district partOf Pennsylvania congressional delegation
United States congressional delegations by state hasPart Pennsylvania congressional delegation
Chesapeake Bay Commission hasPart Pennsylvania congressional delegation
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania legislative delegation