Chamber of Deputies

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The Chamber of Deputies is the federal lower house of Brazil’s National Congress, composed of elected representatives responsible for drafting and voting on national legislation and overseeing the executive branch.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chamber of Deputies canonical 3
Chamber of Deputies of Brazil 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
lower house of parliament ⓘ
abbreviation Câmara dos Deputados ⓘ
linked to: Chamber of Deputies
budgetRole examining and voting on the federal budget ⓘ
buildingLocation Praça dos Três Poderes ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Brazil ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
electoralDistricts Brazilian states and Federal District ⓘ
electorate Brazilian citizens with voting rights ⓘ
establishedBy Brazilian Constitution of 1988 ⓘ
governmentalRole federal legislature ⓘ
houseType lower house ⓘ
jurisdiction federal laws of Brazil ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Portuguese ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf Federative Republic of Brazil ⓘ
linked to: Brazil
location Brasília ⓘ
mainFunction budgetary oversight ⓘ
drafting federal legislation ⓘ
initiating impeachment proceedings ⓘ
overseeing the executive branch ⓘ
voting on federal legislation ⓘ
maximumSeatsPerState 70 ⓘ
meetsIn Palácio do Congresso Nacional ⓘ
meetsJointlyWith Federal Senate (Brazil) in National Congress sessions ⓘ
minimumSeatsPerState 8 ⓘ
nativeName Câmara dos Deputados ⓘ
numberOfMembers 513 ⓘ
otherHouse Federal Senate (Brazil) ⓘ
oversightMechanism parliamentary inquiry commissions ⓘ
questioning of ministers ⓘ
partOf National Congress of Brazil ⓘ
power to approve ordinary laws ⓘ
to approve supplementary laws ⓘ
to authorize foreign military forces to pass through or remain in Brazil ⓘ
to authorize the President to declare war ⓘ
to authorize the President to make peace ⓘ
to propose constitutional amendments ⓘ
predecessor Chamber of Deputies of the Empire of Brazil ⓘ
Chamber of Deputies of the Old Republic ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
representationBasis population with minimum and maximum seats per state ⓘ
responsibleFor initiating impeachment of the President of Brazil ⓘ
seatOfGovernmentBranch Legislative Branch of Brazil ⓘ
sessionType unicameral within its own house ⓘ
supervises federal executive branch ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
votingSystem open list proportional representation ⓘ
website https://www.camara.leg.br/ ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Brazil → lowerHouse → Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
National Congress of Brazil building → occupant → Chamber of Deputies of Brazil ⓘ
linked to: Chamber of Deputies
National Congress of Brazil → legislativeChamber → Chamber of Deputies of Brazil ⓘ
linked to: Chamber of Deputies