Poder Legislativo

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Poder Legislativo is the national legislative body of Uruguay, responsible for creating and approving the country’s laws through its parliamentary chambers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
appliesToTerritory entire national territory of Uruguay
branch legislative branch of Uruguay
budgetaryPower approval and modification of the national budget bill
canAmend existing laws of Uruguay
canCreate statutory laws
canRepeal existing laws of Uruguay
composedOf elected representatives
constitutionalStatus co-equal branch of government with the executive and judiciary in Uruguay
country Uruguay
countryCapitalSeat Montevideo NERFINISHED
governmentSystemContext presidential representative democratic republic of Uruguay
hasBuilding Palacio Legislativo de Montevideo NERFINISHED
hasChamberRole Cámara de Representantes is the lower chamber NERFINISHED
Cámara de Senadores is the upper chamber NERFINISHED
hasPart Cámara de Representantes NERFINISHED
Cámara de Senadores NERFINISHED
jurisdiction Uruguay NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish
legalBasis Constitution of Uruguay NERFINISHED
legislativeBranchOf Government of Uruguay NERFINISHED
legislatureType bicameral legislature
lowerHouse Cámara de Representantes NERFINISHED
mainFunction approval of the national budget
constitutional reform according to procedures established in the Constitution of Uruguay
enactment of national laws
exercise of legislative oversight over the executive branch
meetsIn Palacio Legislativo NERFINISHED
meetsInCity Montevideo NERFINISHED
nativeLabel Poder Legislativo NERFINISHED
numberOfHouses 2
officialName Poder Legislativo de la República Oriental del Uruguay NERFINISHED
oversightOf Poder Ejecutivo de Uruguay NERFINISHED
represents people of Uruguay
responsibleFor approval of international treaties according to Uruguayan law
impeachment procedures as defined by the Constitution of Uruguay
seat Montevideo NERFINISHED
supervises public administration through parliamentary commissions
typeOfParliament national parliament
upperHouse Cámara de Senadores NERFINISHED
votingSystemInLowerHouse proportional representation
votingSystemInUpperHouse proportional representation

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