Legislative Branch

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branch of government component of the United States federal government

The Legislative Branch is the division of the U.S. federal government responsible for making laws, primarily embodied by the bicameral Congress consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Legislative branch of the United States	1
Legislative branch of the United States government	1
legislative branch of the United States	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of government ⓘ component of the United States federal government ⓘ
canOverride	presidential veto with two-thirds majority in each chamber ⓘ
checkedBy	Executive Branch NERFINISHED ⓘ Judicial Branch NERFINISHED ⓘ
checks	Executive Branch NERFINISHED ⓘ Judicial Branch NERFINISHED ⓘ
city	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
composedOf	elected representatives of the people and the states ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Article I of the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
createdBy	United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
electoralRole	House may elect the President if no candidate wins an Electoral College majority ⓘ Senate may elect the Vice President if no candidate wins an Electoral College majority ⓘ
embodiedBy	United States Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasChamber	United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalStart	1789 ⓘ
includesBody	House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	United States Capitol NERFINISHED ⓘ
meetsIn	Capitol Building NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialName	Legislative Branch of the United States Government NERFINISHED ⓘ
oversees	federal agencies through oversight ⓘ
oversightMechanism	congressional hearings ⓘ congressional investigations ⓘ subpoena power ⓘ
power	power of the purse ⓘ power to approve treaties ⓘ power to coin money ⓘ power to confirm presidential appointments ⓘ power to declare war ⓘ power to establish lower federal courts ⓘ power to establish post offices ⓘ power to impeach federal officials ⓘ power to levy taxes ⓘ power to raise and support armies ⓘ power to regulate interstate commerce ⓘ power to remove impeached officials from office ⓘ
responsibleFor	debating legislation ⓘ drafting legislation ⓘ making federal laws ⓘ passing legislation ⓘ
roleInAppointments	advice and consent on key executive and judicial appointments ⓘ
roleInBudget	drafting and passing the federal budget ⓘ
roleInTreaties	advice and consent on treaties ⓘ
separationOfPowersWith	Executive Branch NERFINISHED ⓘ Judicial Branch NERFINISHED ⓘ
structure	bicameral ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Pennsylvania Avenue NW → formsAxisBetween → Legislative Branch ⓘ

Al Green → governmentBranch → Legislative Branch ⓘ

this entity surface form: legislative branch of the United States

Tennessee’s 1st congressional district → federalGovernmentBranch → Legislative Branch ⓘ

this entity surface form: Legislative branch of the United States

Judicial branch of the United States government → hasCheckOn → Legislative Branch ⓘ

this entity surface form: Legislative branch of the United States government