Congress of the Union (Mexico)

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The Congress of the Union (Mexico) is the bicameral federal legislature of Mexico, composed of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, responsible for creating national laws and overseeing the federal government.

All labels observed (9)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
branch of government ⓘ
federal legislature ⓘ
branch Legislative branch of Mexico ⓘ
canReelectDeputiesConsecutively yes ⓘ
canReelectSenatorsConsecutively yes ⓘ
compositionFeature multi-party system ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of 1917 ⓘ
hasPart Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) ⓘ
Senate of the Republic (Mexico) ⓘ
houseType lower house ⓘ
upper house ⓘ
jurisdiction entire territory of Mexico ⓘ
languageUsed Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis Political Constitution of the United Mexican States ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Federal government of Mexico ⓘ
location Mexico City ⓘ
lowerHouse Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) ⓘ
meetingPlace Palacio Legislativo de San Lázaro ⓘ
Senate of the Republic building ⓘ
numberOfDeputies 500 ⓘ
numberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
numberOfSenators 128 ⓘ
officialName Congreso de la Unión ⓘ
power approve federal expenditures ⓘ
approve federal revenues ⓘ
approve legislation ⓘ
declare war ⓘ
grant amnesties ⓘ
initiate legislation ⓘ
override presidential veto under certain conditions ⓘ
ratify international treaties ⓘ
remove certain public officials through impeachment procedures ⓘ
precededBy Congress under the Constitution of 1857 ⓘ
responsibility approving international treaties ⓘ
approving the federal budget ⓘ
constitutional amendments approval ⓘ
enacting federal laws ⓘ
overseeing the federal executive ⓘ
sessionType extraordinary sessions ⓘ
ordinary sessions ⓘ
shortName Mexican Congress ⓘ
termLengthOfDeputies 3 years ⓘ
termLengthOfSenators 6 years ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of the Republic (Mexico) ⓘ
votingSystemInLowerHouse mixed-member proportional representation ⓘ
votingSystemInUpperHouse parallel voting system ⓘ

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

Constitutional Points Committee → partOf → Congress of the Union (Mexico) ⓘ
President of the Senate of Mexico → associatedWith → Congress of the Union (Mexico) ⓘ
subject linked to: President of the Senate
President of the Senate of Mexico → associatedWith → Mexican federal legislature ⓘ
subject linked to: President of the Senate
linked to: Congress of the Union (Mexico)
Foreign Relations Committee (Mexican Senate) → legislativeBranchOf → Congress of the Union (Mexico) ⓘ
subject linked to: Foreign Relations Committee
Legislative Palace of Donceles → usedBy → Congress of the Union of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Congress of the Union (Mexico)
Legislative Palace of Donceles → governmentalBodyHoused → Congress of the Union of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Congress of the Union (Mexico)
Avenida Congreso de la Unión, San Lázaro, Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City → namedAfter → Congreso de la Unión (Congress of the Union of Mexico) ⓘ
linked to: Congress of the Union (Mexico)
Reform Laws → legislativeBody → Congress of the Union (Mexico) ⓘ
Ley Lerdo → legislativeBody → Congress of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Congress of the Union (Mexico)
Leyes Constitucionales de la República Mexicana → mainSubject → poder legislativo de México ⓘ
linked to: Congress of the Union (Mexico)
President of the Republic (Mexico, Siete Leyes) → appointedBy → Congress of the nation (Mexico, centralist period) ⓘ
subject linked to: President of the Republic
linked to: Congress of the Union (Mexico)
Organic Law of the Judicial Power of the Federation → enactedBy → Congress of the Union of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Congress of the Union (Mexico)
Superior Auditor of the Federation → parentOrganization → Congress of the Union of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Congress of the Union (Mexico)
LXVI Legislature of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies → partOf → Congress of the Union of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Congress of the Union (Mexico)
Congress of Yucatán → seeAlso → Congress of the Union (Mexico) ⓘ
Cámara de Senadores → followedBy → Congreso de la Unión (restauración federal) ⓘ
linked to: Congress of the Union (Mexico)
Powers of the Union (Mexico) → hasPart → Legislative Power of the Union (Mexico) ⓘ
linked to: Congress of the Union (Mexico)
Legislative Power of the Second Mexican Empire → followedBy → Congress of the Union (Mexico) ⓘ
Imperial Senate → followedBy → Congress of the Union of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Congress of the Union (Mexico)
Board of Directors of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico → partOf → Congress of the Union of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Congress of the Union (Mexico)
Constituent Congress of Mexico → hasLegalSuccessor → Congress of the Union (Mexico) ⓘ
annual Expenditure Budget of the Federation → approvedBy → Congress of the Union of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Congress of the Union (Mexico)
Imperial Mexican Senate → replacedBy → Congress of the Union of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Congress of the Union (Mexico)
Imperial Mexican Senate → followedBy → Congress of the Union of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Congress of the Union (Mexico)
Restored Republic of Mexico → legislativeBody → Congress of the Union of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Congress of the Union (Mexico)
Contaduría Mayor de Hacienda → partOf → Congress of the Union of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Congress of the Union (Mexico)