National Congress

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The National Congress is Argentina’s bicameral federal legislature, composed of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, responsible for making national laws and overseeing the executive branch.

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Label Occurrences
National Congress canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
federal legislature ⓘ
branchOfGovernment Legislative branch of Argentina ⓘ
canAmend Constitution of Argentina ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Argentina ⓘ
country Argentina ⓘ
electoralSystemLowerHouse proportional representation ⓘ
electoralSystemUpperHouse provincial representation ⓘ
governmentTypeContext presidential representative democratic republic ⓘ
hasChamber Chamber of Deputies of Argentina ⓘ
Senate of Argentina ⓘ
hasComponent Chamber of Deputies of Argentina ⓘ
Senate of Argentina ⓘ
hasLegislativePower national level ⓘ
hasLegislativeSessions extraordinary sessions ⓘ
ordinary sessions ⓘ
hasPower to admit new provinces ⓘ
to create federal courts ⓘ
to levy federal taxes ⓘ
to regulate foreign trade ⓘ
to regulate interprovincial trade ⓘ
houseType bicameral ⓘ
jurisdiction Argentina ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Spanish ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Government of Argentina ⓘ
location Buenos Aires ⓘ
lowerHouse Chamber of Deputies of Argentina ⓘ
meetsIn Palace of the Argentine National Congress ⓘ
meetsInCity City of Buenos Aires ⓘ
linked to: Buenos Aires
nativeName Congreso de la Nación Argentina ⓘ
oversees Executive branch of Argentina ⓘ
primaryFunction lawmaking ⓘ
oversight of the executive branch ⓘ
responsibility approving the national budget ⓘ
declaring war and making peace ⓘ
enacting national laws ⓘ
impeaching certain public officials ⓘ
ratifying international treaties ⓘ
roleInChecksAndBalances checks executive power ⓘ
participates in appointment of key officials ⓘ
style National Congress ⓘ
supervises national public administration ⓘ
typeOfGovernmentBody parliament ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of Argentina ⓘ
votingSystem direct for Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
indirect for Senate ⓘ

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

National Congress of Argentina → style → National Congress ⓘ
subject linked to: National Congress