Poder Legislativo

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Poder Legislativo is the national legislative body of Uruguay, responsible for creating and approving the country’s laws through its parliamentary chambers.

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Poder Legislativo canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
appliesToTerritory entire national territory of Uruguay
branch legislative branch of Uruguay
budgetaryPower approval and modification of the national budget bill
canAmend existing laws of Uruguay
canCreate statutory laws
canRepeal existing laws of Uruguay
composedOf elected representatives
constitutionalStatus co-equal branch of government with the executive and judiciary in Uruguay
country Uruguay
countryCapitalSeat Montevideo
governmentSystemContext presidential representative democratic republic of Uruguay
hasBuilding Palacio Legislativo de Montevideo
hasChamberRole Cámara de Representantes is the lower chamber
Cámara de Senadores is the upper chamber
hasPart Cámara de Representantes
Cámara de Senadores
jurisdiction Uruguay
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish
legalBasis Constitution of Uruguay
legislativeBranchOf Government of Uruguay
legislatureType bicameral legislature
lowerHouse Cámara de Representantes
mainFunction approval of the national budget
constitutional reform according to procedures established in the Constitution of Uruguay
enactment of national laws
exercise of legislative oversight over the executive branch
meetsIn Palacio Legislativo
meetsInCity Montevideo
nativeLabel Poder Legislativo
numberOfHouses 2
officialName Poder Legislativo de la República Oriental del Uruguay
oversightOf Poder Ejecutivo de Uruguay
represents people of Uruguay
responsibleFor approval of international treaties according to Uruguayan law
impeachment procedures as defined by the Constitution of Uruguay
seat Montevideo
supervises public administration through parliamentary commissions
typeOfParliament national parliament
upperHouse Cámara de Senadores
votingSystemInLowerHouse proportional representation
votingSystemInUpperHouse proportional representation

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