Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union

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The Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union is the lower house of Mexico’s federal legislature, responsible for initiating revenue laws, approving the budget, and representing citizens through directly elected deputies.

All labels observed (6)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government body ⓘ
lower house of legislature ⓘ
allowsImmediateReelection yes ⓘ
budgetaryPower approves federal expenditures budget ⓘ
canApprove public debt within constitutional limits ⓘ
canImpeach public officials under Mexican law ⓘ
canRatify some appointments and designations as provided by law ⓘ
composition 200 deputies elected by proportional representation from regional lists ⓘ
300 deputies elected by plurality in single-member districts ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Political Constitution of the United Mexican States ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
electoralCycle elections held every three years ⓘ
electoralSystemDetail proportional representation via plurinominal regional lists ⓘ
single-member districts called uninominal districts ⓘ
elects its own President of the Chamber ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of Mexico ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem special committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
hasHouseType lower house ⓘ
hasJurisdiction United Mexican States ⓘ
linked to: Mexican Federation
hasNumberOfMembers 500 ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.diputados.gob.mx ⓘ
hasQuorumRequirement majority of its members ⓘ
hasRole lower house of the Congress of the Union ⓘ
hasSession extraordinary sessions ⓘ
ordinary sessions ⓘ
hasTermLength 3 years ⓘ
hasUpperHouse Senate of the Republic (Mexico) ⓘ
hasVotingSystem mixed-member proportional representation ⓘ
isPartOf federal legislature of Mexico ⓘ
isUnicameral no ⓘ
languageOfWork Spanish ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor federal government of Mexico ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Mexico City ⓘ
mainFunction approval of the federal budget ⓘ
federal lawmaking ⓘ
initiation of revenue laws ⓘ
oversight of the federal executive ⓘ
maximumConsecutiveTerms 4 ⓘ
meetsIn Legislative Palace of San Lázaro ⓘ
nativeLabel Cámara de Diputados del Congreso de la Unión ⓘ
oversees federal public administration through oversight mechanisms ⓘ
partOf Congress of the Union ⓘ
represents citizens of Mexico ⓘ
revenuePower initiates bills on taxes and contributions ⓘ
shortName Cámara de Diputados ⓘ
totalPossibleConsecutiveYears 12 ⓘ
votingRequirementForOrdinaryLaws simple majority of members present ⓘ

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

Congress of the Union of Mexico → hasPart → Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union ⓘ
Cámara de Senadores → coexistsWith → Cámara de Diputados ⓘ
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union
Board of Directors of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico → legislativeChamberGoverned → Chamber of Deputies of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union
Manuel Topete → memberOf → Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union ⓘ
National Action Party → representedIn → Chamber of Deputies of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union
Cámara de Representantes → alsoKnownAs → Cámara de Diputados (colloquial, but not official name) ⓘ
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union
Morena → representedIn → Chamber of Deputies of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union
President of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico → partOf → Chamber of Deputies of Mexico ⓘ
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President of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico → legislativeBody → Chamber of Deputies of Mexico ⓘ
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President of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico → appointedBy → Chamber of Deputies of Mexico ⓘ
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Auditoría Superior de la Federación → reportsTo → Chamber of Deputies of Mexico ⓘ
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ASF → partOf → Chamber of Deputies of Mexico ⓘ
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ASF → reportsTo → Chamber of Deputies of Mexico ⓘ
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ASF → subordinateTo → Chamber of Deputies of Mexico ⓘ
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Law of Superior Auditing of the Federation → enforcedBy → Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union ⓘ
Contaduría Mayor de Hacienda → subordinateTo → Chamber of Deputies of Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union
LXVI Legislature of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies → legislativeBody → Chamber of Deputies of Mexico ⓘ
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Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union → nativeLabel → Cámara de Diputados del Congreso de la Unión ⓘ
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Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union → shortName → Cámara de Diputados ⓘ
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union
Ley Federal de Presupuesto y Responsabilidad Hacendaria → autoridadVinculada → Cámara de Diputados del Congreso de la Unión ⓘ
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Ley de Ingresos de la Federación → cámaraDeOrigenHabitual → Cámara de Diputados ⓘ
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union
Ley de Ingresos de la Federación → sePresentaAnte → Cámara de Diputados ⓘ
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union
Ley para Regular las Instituciones de Tecnología Financiera → órganoLegislativoAprobador → Congreso de la Unión de México ⓘ
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union