Pennsylvania congressional delegation

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The Pennsylvania congressional delegation is the group of elected U.S. Senators and Representatives who collectively represent the state of Pennsylvania in the United States Congress.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf congressional delegation ⓘ
political organization ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Pennsylvania ⓘ
composedOfMembersFrom Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party

Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
coordinateWith Pennsylvania state government ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
electoralConnection Pennsylvania congressional district elections for House seats ⓘ
Pennsylvania statewide elections for Senate seats ⓘ
electorate registered voters in Pennsylvania ⓘ
governingBodyOfRepresentedEntity none ⓘ
hasPart United States representatives from Pennsylvania ⓘ
United States senators from Pennsylvania ⓘ
hasRole advice and consent on federal appointments via Senate members ⓘ
constituent services ⓘ
federal budget and appropriations voting ⓘ
federal lawmaking ⓘ
ratification of treaties via Senate members ⓘ
representation of Pennsylvania interests in Congress ⓘ
hasWebsiteType official member websites for individual offices ⓘ
houseElectionsFrequency every 2 years ⓘ
houseRepresentationBasis population-based apportionment ⓘ
houseTermLength 2 years ⓘ
houseVotingRights full voting rights in the House of Representatives ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalBasis Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
United States Constitution ⓘ
legislativeChamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
meetsAt United States Capitol ⓘ
numberOfSenators 2 ⓘ
numberOfVotingHouseMembers 17 ⓘ
partOf Pennsylvania federal representation ⓘ
United States Congress ⓘ
represents Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania

state of Pennsylvania ⓘ
representsEntitySince 1789 ⓘ
senateClassSystem three-class rotation ⓘ
senateElectionsStaggered yes ⓘ
senateRepresentationBasis equal representation of states ⓘ
senateTermLength 6 years ⓘ
senateVotingRights full voting rights in the Senate ⓘ
statehoodDateOfRepresentedEntity 1787-12-12 ⓘ
subdivisionOfElectorateForHouse Pennsylvania congressional districts ⓘ
topic politics of Pennsylvania ⓘ
usesElectoralSystem single-member districts for House seats ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

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

Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district → stateDelegation → Pennsylvania congressional delegation ⓘ
Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district → partOf → Pennsylvania congressional delegation ⓘ
Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district → partOf → Pennsylvania congressional delegation ⓘ
United States congressional delegations by state → hasPart → Pennsylvania congressional delegation ⓘ
Chesapeake Bay Commission → hasPart → Pennsylvania legislative delegation ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania congressional delegation
Pennsylvania congressional delegation → hasPart → United States representatives from Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania congressional delegation
Peter Muhlenberg → represented → Pennsylvania in the U.S. Congress ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania congressional delegation
United States Senate seat from Pennsylvania → partOf → Pennsylvania congressional delegation ⓘ
Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district → partOf → Pennsylvania congressional delegation ⓘ
George Chambers (Pennsylvania politician) → partOf → United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania delegation ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania congressional delegation