Chamber of Representatives

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The Chamber of Representatives is the lower house of Colombia’s bicameral Congress, responsible for initiating legislation, overseeing the executive, and representing citizens by electoral districts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf house of the Congress of Colombia ⓘ
lower house of legislature ⓘ
abbreviation Cámara de Representantes ⓘ
budgetaryRole participates in approval of the national budget ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Colombia ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
electionFrequency every 4 years ⓘ
electoralDistrictBasis Capital District of Bogotá ⓘ
special constituencies ⓘ
territorial departments of Colombia ⓘ
electoralDistrictType multi-member districts ⓘ
electoralSystem proportional representation ⓘ
establishedBy 1991 Constitution of Colombia ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of Colombia ⓘ
hasCommittees special committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
jurisdiction national ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Spanish ⓘ
legislativeStructure bicameral legislature ⓘ
levelOfGovernment national legislature ⓘ
location Bogotá ⓘ
meetsIn Capitolio Nacional ⓘ
memberTitle Representative to the Chamber ⓘ
nativeName Cámara de Representantes de Colombia ⓘ
numberOfMembers 172 ⓘ
oversightFunction political control over the national government ⓘ
partOf Congress of Colombia ⓘ
power amend laws ⓘ
approve laws ⓘ
initiate impeachment proceedings against the President of Colombia ⓘ
introduce bills ⓘ
request reports from the executive branch ⓘ
summon ministers and high officials for questioning ⓘ
predecessor Chamber of Representatives under the 1886 Constitution of Colombia ⓘ
role initiates legislation ⓘ
oversees the executive branch of Colombia ⓘ
represents citizens by electoral districts ⓘ
sessionType plenary sessions ⓘ
sisterHouse Senate of Colombia ⓘ
specialConstituencyType Afro-Colombian communities ⓘ
Colombians living abroad ⓘ
Indigenous communities ⓘ
Raizal community of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina ⓘ
linked to: Raizal community
termLength 4 years ⓘ
votingEligibility citizens of Colombia aged 18 or older ⓘ
votingSystem party-list proportional representation ⓘ
votingSystemDetail open list ⓘ
website https://www.camara.gov.co/ ⓘ

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Constitution of Cúcuta → createdBody → Chamber of Representatives ⓘ
Poder Legislativo → hasChamberRole → Cámara de Representantes is the lower chamber ⓘ
linked to: Chamber of Representatives
Chamber of Representatives of Colombia → abbreviation → Cámara de Representantes ⓘ
subject linked to: Chamber of Representatives
linked to: Chamber of Representatives