Virginia congressional delegation

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congressional delegation

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

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Virginia congressional delegation canonical	7
United States House of Representatives delegation from Virginia	1
United States representatives from Virginia	1
Virginia legislative delegation	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	congressional delegation ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Virginia ⓘ surface form: state of Virginia
budgetAuthority	participation in U.S. federal budget process ⓘ
category	United States congressional delegations by state ⓘ Virginia politics ⓘ
chamber	United States House of Representatives ⓘ United States Senate ⓘ
composedOf	U.S. Representatives from Virginia ⓘ U.S. Senators from Virginia ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
electoralSystem	single-member districts for House seats ⓘ statewide at-large elections for Senate seats ⓘ
electorate	voters of Virginia ⓘ
governingLaw	United States Constitution ⓘ
hasHouseSeats	11 ⓘ
hasPart	Virginia congressional delegation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: United States House of Representatives delegation from Virginia United States Senate delegation from Virginia ⓘ
hasRole	drafting federal legislation ⓘ participating in congressional committees ⓘ providing constituent services ⓘ representing Virginia in Congress ⓘ voting on federal laws ⓘ
hasSenateSeats	2 ⓘ
hasVotingRights	full voting rights in respective chambers ⓘ
historicalPrecursor	delegation of Virginia to the Continental Congress ⓘ
houseRepresentationPrinciple	apportionment by population ⓘ
houseTermLength	2 years ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
language	English ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
levelOfGovernment	federal ⓘ
location	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
lowerHouseMembers	11 ⓘ
meetsAt	United States Capitol ⓘ
oversightArea	federal programs affecting Virginia ⓘ
partOf	United States Congress membership ⓘ
redistrictingAuthority	Virginia ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia
represents	Virginia ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia
representsInterest	Virginia’s state-level concerns in federal legislation ⓘ residents of Virginia ⓘ
selectionMethod	popular vote in Virginia ⓘ
senateRepresentationPrinciple	equal representation of states ⓘ
senateTermLength	6 years ⓘ
stateRepresented	Virginia ⓘ
subdivisionOf	Congressional delegations by U.S. state ⓘ
totalVotingMembers	13 ⓘ
upperHouseMembers	2 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Virginia's 10th congressional district → partOf → Virginia congressional delegation ⓘ

Virginia's 11th congressional district → partOf → Virginia congressional delegation ⓘ

Virginia congressional delegation → hasPart → Virginia congressional delegation self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States House of Representatives delegation from Virginia

VA-11 → isPartOf → Virginia congressional delegation ⓘ

Virginia's 7th congressional district → partOf → Virginia congressional delegation ⓘ

Virginia's 1st congressional district → partOf → Virginia congressional delegation ⓘ

United States congressional delegations by state → hasPart → Virginia congressional delegation ⓘ

United States House of Representatives districts in Virginia → elects → Virginia congressional delegation ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States representatives from Virginia

Virginia's 5th congressional district → partOf → Virginia congressional delegation ⓘ

Chesapeake Bay Commission → hasPart → Virginia congressional delegation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia legislative delegation