Legislative Branch

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The Legislative Branch is the division of the U.S. federal government responsible for making laws, primarily embodied by the bicameral Congress consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

All labels observed (7)

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of government ⓘ
component of the United States federal government ⓘ
canOverride presidential veto with two-thirds majority in each chamber ⓘ
checkedBy Executive Branch ⓘ
linked to: Executive branch

Judicial Branch ⓘ
linked to: The Judiciary
checks Executive Branch ⓘ
linked to: Executive branch

Judicial Branch ⓘ
linked to: The Judiciary
city Washington, D.C. ⓘ
composedOf elected representatives of the people and the states ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdBy United States Constitution ⓘ
electoralRole House may elect the President if no candidate wins an Electoral College majority ⓘ
Senate may elect the Vice President if no candidate wins an Electoral College majority ⓘ
embodiedBy United States Congress ⓘ
hasChamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
historicalStart 1789 ⓘ
includesBody House of Representatives ⓘ
Senate ⓘ
location United States Capitol ⓘ
meetsIn Capitol Building ⓘ
linked to: Capitol building
officialName Legislative Branch of the United States Government ⓘ
linked to: Legislative Branch
oversees federal agencies through oversight ⓘ
oversightMechanism congressional hearings ⓘ
congressional investigations ⓘ
subpoena power ⓘ
power power of the purse ⓘ
power to approve treaties ⓘ
power to coin money ⓘ
power to confirm presidential appointments ⓘ
power to declare war ⓘ
power to establish lower federal courts ⓘ
power to establish post offices ⓘ
power to impeach federal officials ⓘ
power to levy taxes ⓘ
power to raise and support armies ⓘ
power to regulate interstate commerce ⓘ
power to remove impeached officials from office ⓘ
responsibleFor debating legislation ⓘ
drafting legislation ⓘ
making federal laws ⓘ
passing legislation ⓘ
roleInAppointments advice and consent on key executive and judicial appointments ⓘ
roleInBudget drafting and passing the federal budget ⓘ
roleInTreaties advice and consent on treaties ⓘ
separationOfPowersWith Executive Branch ⓘ
linked to: Executive branch

Judicial Branch ⓘ
linked to: The Judiciary
structure bicameral ⓘ

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

Pennsylvania Avenue NW → formsAxisBetween → Legislative Branch ⓘ
Al Green → governmentBranch → legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
linked to: Legislative Branch
Tennessee’s 1st congressional district → federalGovernmentBranch → Legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
linked to: Legislative Branch
Judicial branch of the United States government → hasCheckOn → Legislative branch of the United States government ⓘ
linked to: Legislative Branch
VA-01 → legislativeBranch → United States legislative branch ⓘ
linked to: Legislative Branch
Margaret Heckler → partOf → United States legislative branch ⓘ
linked to: Legislative Branch
Ninety-fifth United States Congress → governmentBranch → Legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
linked to: Legislative Branch
David Davis → partOf → Legislative branch of the United States government ⓘ
linked to: Legislative Branch
Chris Smith → governmentBranch → legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
linked to: Legislative Branch
Rules Committee → branchOfGovernment → Legislative branch of the United States federal government ⓘ
linked to: Legislative Branch
John Boehner → governmentBranch → Legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
subject linked to: John
linked to: Legislative Branch
Legislative Branch → officialName → Legislative Branch of the United States Government ⓘ
linked to: Legislative Branch
Mike Collins → governmentBranch → Legislative branch of the United States government ⓘ
linked to: Legislative Branch
Public Law 110-82 → branch → Legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
linked to: Legislative Branch
Andy Barr → branchOfGovernment → Legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
linked to: Legislative Branch