Congress of the Union (Mexico)

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bicameral legislature branch of government federal legislature

The Congress of the Union (Mexico) is the bicameral federal legislature of Mexico, composed of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, responsible for creating national laws and overseeing the federal government.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Congress of the Union (Mexico) canonical 5
Congress of the Union of Mexico 5
Congreso de la Unión (Congress of the Union of Mexico) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
branch of government ⓘ
federal legislature ⓘ
branch Legislative branch of Mexico ⓘ
canReelectDeputiesConsecutively yes ⓘ
canReelectSenatorsConsecutively yes ⓘ
compositionFeature multi-party system ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of 1917 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Senate of the Republic (Mexico) NERFINISHED ⓘ
houseType lower house ⓘ
upper house ⓘ
jurisdiction entire territory of Mexico ⓘ
languageUsed Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis Political Constitution of the United Mexican States NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Federal government of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
location Mexico City NERFINISHED ⓘ
lowerHouse Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) NERFINISHED ⓘ
meetingPlace Palacio Legislativo de San Lázaro NERFINISHED ⓘ
Senate of the Republic building NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfDeputies 500 ⓘ
numberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
numberOfSenators 128 ⓘ
officialName Congreso de la Unión NERFINISHED ⓘ
power approve federal expenditures ⓘ
approve federal revenues ⓘ
approve legislation ⓘ
declare war ⓘ
grant amnesties ⓘ
initiate legislation ⓘ
override presidential veto under certain conditions ⓘ
ratify international treaties ⓘ
remove certain public officials through impeachment procedures ⓘ
precededBy Congress under the Constitution of 1857 NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibility approving international treaties ⓘ
approving the federal budget ⓘ
constitutional amendments approval ⓘ
enacting federal laws ⓘ
overseeing the federal executive ⓘ
sessionType extraordinary sessions ⓘ
ordinary sessions ⓘ
shortName Mexican Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ
termLengthOfDeputies 3 years ⓘ
termLengthOfSenators 6 years ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of the Republic (Mexico) NERFINISHED ⓘ
votingSystemInLowerHouse mixed-member proportional representation ⓘ
votingSystemInUpperHouse parallel voting system ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Constitutional Points Committee → partOf → Congress of the Union (Mexico) ⓘ
President of the Senate → associatedWith → Congress of the Union (Mexico) ⓘ
subject surface form: President of the Senate of Mexico
President of the Senate → associatedWith → Congress of the Union (Mexico) ⓘ
subject surface form: President of the Senate of Mexico
this entity surface form: Mexican federal legislature
Foreign Relations Committee → legislativeBranchOf → Congress of the Union (Mexico) ⓘ
subject surface form: Foreign Relations Committee (Mexican Senate)
Legislative Palace of Donceles → usedBy → Congress of the Union (Mexico) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Congress of the Union of Mexico
Legislative Palace of Donceles → governmentalBodyHoused → Congress of the Union (Mexico) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Congress of the Union of Mexico
Avenida Congreso de la Unión, San Lázaro, Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City → namedAfter → Congress of the Union (Mexico) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Congreso de la Unión (Congress of the Union of Mexico)
Reform Laws → legislativeBody → Congress of the Union (Mexico) ⓘ
Ley Lerdo → legislativeBody → Congress of the Union (Mexico) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Congress of Mexico
Leyes Constitucionales de la República Mexicana → mainSubject → Congress of the Union (Mexico) ⓘ
this entity surface form: poder legislativo de México
President of the Republic → appointedBy → Congress of the Union (Mexico) ⓘ
subject surface form: President of the Republic (Mexico, Siete Leyes)
this entity surface form: Congress of the nation (Mexico, centralist period)
Organic Law of the Judicial Power of the Federation → enactedBy → Congress of the Union (Mexico) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Congress of the Union of Mexico
Superior Auditor of the Federation → parentOrganization → Congress of the Union (Mexico) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Congress of the Union of Mexico
LXVI Legislature (and successive numbered legislatures) → partOf → Congress of the Union (Mexico) ⓘ
subject surface form: LXVI Legislature of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies
this entity surface form: Congress of the Union of Mexico
Congress of Yucatán → seeAlso → Congress of the Union (Mexico) ⓘ
Cámara de Senadores → followedBy → Congress of the Union (Mexico) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Congreso de la Unión (restauración federal)