Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)

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house of the Congress of the Union lower house of legislature

The Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) is the federal lower house of Mexico’s Congress, responsible for initiating revenue legislation, approving the budget, and overseeing the executive branch through its elected representatives.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Chamber of Deputies of Mexico	8
Chamber of Deputies of the First Mexican Republic	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	house of the Congress of the Union ⓘ lower house of legislature ⓘ
budgetaryAuthority	federal budget of Mexico ⓘ
buildingStyle	modernist architecture ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy	no authority (cannot be dissolved before end of term) ⓘ
constitutionalArticle	Political Constitution of the United Mexican States ⓘ surface form: Title Three, Chapter II of the Mexican Constitution
constitutionalBasis	Political Constitution of the United Mexican States ⓘ
country	Mexico ⓘ
electoralSystemDetail	200 deputies elected by proportional representation from regional party lists ⓘ 300 deputies elected by plurality in single-member districts ⓘ
elects	its own presiding officers (Mesa Directiva) ⓘ
establishedBy	Political Constitution of the United Mexican States ⓘ surface form: Constitution of Mexico
hasChamber	San Lázaro Legislative Palace ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem	yes ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	federal matters of Mexico ⓘ
hasLegislativeSessions	LXVI Legislature (and successive numbered legislatures) ⓘ
historicalPrecursor	Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chamber of Deputies of the First Mexican Republic
languageOfWork	Spanish ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf	Mexico ⓘ
legislativeTermLength	3 years ⓘ
legislatureType	bicameral legislature lower chamber ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Mexico City ⓘ
meetsFrequency	two ordinary periods per year ⓘ
meetsIn	San Lázaro Legislative Palace ⓘ surface form: Legislative Palace of San Lázaro
memberOf	Inter-Parliamentary Union ⓘ
numberOfMembers	500 ⓘ
numberOfProportionalRepresentationSeats	200 ⓘ
numberOfSingleMemberDistrictSeats	300 ⓘ
officialName	Chamber of Deputies ⓘ surface form: Cámara de Diputados Cámara de Diputados ⓘ surface form: Cámara de Diputados del H. Congreso de la Unión
oversees	Executive branch of the federal government of Mexico ⓘ
partOf	Congress of the Union ⓘ
power	appoint auditors of the Superior Auditor of the Federation ⓘ exclusive power to approve the Federal Expenditure Budget ⓘ initiate impeachment proceedings against certain public officials ⓘ review and approve public accounts ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle	President of the Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
primaryFunction	approve the federal budget ⓘ initiate revenue legislation ⓘ oversee the executive branch ⓘ
seat	San Lázaro Legislative Palace ⓘ surface form: Palacio Legislativo de San Lázaro
sessionType	extraordinary sessions ⓘ ordinary sessions ⓘ
supervises	Superior Auditor of the Federation ⓘ
termLength	3 years ⓘ
upperHouse	Senate of the Republic of Mexico ⓘ surface form: Senate of the Republic (Mexico)
votingSystem	mixed-member proportional representation ⓘ
website	https://www.diputados.gob.mx/ ⓘ