Chamber of Deputies

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The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of Argentina’s National Congress, composed of popularly elected representatives responsible for initiating legislation, especially on budgetary and tax matters.

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Chamber of Deputies canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf lower house of parliament ⓘ
abbreviation HCDN ⓘ
budgetInitiationRequirement budget bills must originate in the Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
buildingStyle neoclassical architecture ⓘ
canOverrideSenate in some legislative procedures subject to constitutional rules ⓘ
constitutionalRole part of the federal legislative power of Argentina ⓘ
constitutionalSystem presidential representative democratic republic ⓘ
country Argentina ⓘ
electionFrequency every 2 years for half of the chamber ⓘ
electoralSystem proportional representation ⓘ
electorate Argentine citizens ⓘ
establishedBy Argentine Constitution ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasRole lower chamber of the National Congress of Argentina ⓘ
languageUsed Spanish ⓘ
legislativeFunction debates and approves laws ⓘ
especially initiates budgetary legislation ⓘ
especially initiates tax legislation ⓘ
initiates legislation ⓘ
locatedIn Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ⓘ
Buenos Aires ⓘ
mainCommitteesInclude budget and finance committee ⓘ
taxation and economic affairs committees ⓘ
meetsIn Chamber of Deputies chamber in the Palace of Congress ⓘ
meetsUnder rules of procedure adopted by the chamber ⓘ
minimumSeatsPerDistrict 5 ⓘ
nativeName Cámara de Diputados de la Nación ⓘ
numberOfMembers 257 ⓘ
oversightFunction oversight of the national executive power ⓘ
partOf National Congress of Argentina ⓘ
power to approve or reject the national budget ⓘ
to initiate impeachment proceedings against certain public officials ⓘ
to levy national taxes through legislation ⓘ
presidingOfficer elected from among its members ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
publishes Diario de Sesiones (session records) ⓘ
linked to: Diario de Sesiones
renewalPattern half of the seats renewed every 2 years ⓘ
represents electoral districts based on provinces and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ⓘ
people of Argentina ⓘ
seat Palace of the Argentine National Congress ⓘ
taxInitiationRequirement tax bills must originate in the Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
typeOfLegislature bicameral legislature lower house ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of the Argentine Nation ⓘ
linked to: Senate of Argentina
votingSystem party-list proportional representation ⓘ
website https://www.hcdn.gob.ar/ ⓘ

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