Legislative Branch

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The Legislative Branch of Argentina is the bicameral National Congress responsible for creating, debating, and passing federal laws through its Senate and Chamber of Deputies.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Legislative Branch canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of government ⓘ
legislature ⓘ
budgetaryControl approves national budget proposed by the Executive ⓘ
canOverridePresidentialVeto yes ⓘ
checksAndBalancesWith Executive Branch of Argentina ⓘ
Judicial Branch of Argentina ⓘ
country Argentina ⓘ
electoralBody Argentine citizens ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of 1853 of Argentina ⓘ
hasComponent Chamber of Deputies of Argentina ⓘ
National Congress of Argentina ⓘ
Senate of Argentina ⓘ
hasPower to admit new provinces ⓘ
to declare war ⓘ
to intervene in provincial governments under constitutional conditions ⓘ
to levy federal taxes ⓘ
to regulate foreign trade ⓘ
hasRoleInImpeachment yes ⓘ
hasStandingCommittees yes ⓘ
impeachmentFunctionLowerHouse brings charges against high officials ⓘ
impeachmentFunctionUpperHouse acts as trial body in impeachment ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of Argentina ⓘ
locatedIn Buenos Aires ⓘ
lowerHouse Chamber of Deputies of Argentina ⓘ
meetsIn Palace of the Argentine National Congress ⓘ
numberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
officialName Poder Legislativo de la Nación Argentina ⓘ
partOf Government of Argentina ⓘ
presidingOfficerUpperHouse Vice President of Argentina ⓘ
primaryFunction approving or rejecting international treaties ⓘ
approving the national budget ⓘ
debating federal legislation ⓘ
exercising oversight of the Executive Branch of Argentina ⓘ
initiating constitutional amendments ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
passing federal laws ⓘ
publicSessions generally open to the public ⓘ
renewalPatternChamberOfDeputies half of seats renewed every 2 years ⓘ
renewalPatternSenate one-third of seats renewed every 2 years ⓘ
requiresQuorum yes ⓘ
structure bicameral ⓘ
termLengthDeputies 4 years ⓘ
termLengthSenators 6 years ⓘ
typeOfStateRepresented federal state ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of Argentina ⓘ
votingSystemInChamberOfDeputies proportional representation ⓘ
votingSystemInSenate party-list proportional representation by province ⓘ

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

Constitution of Argentina → establishesBranch → Legislative Branch ⓘ