U.S. Congress

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:legislative_body
gptkbp:city gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:composedOf gptkb:United_States_House_of_Representatives
gptkb:United_States_Senate
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:currentCongressNumber 118th
gptkbp:electionCycle every two years
gptkbp:established 1789
gptkbp:establishedBy gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:firstSession March 4, 1789
gptkbp:hasBudgetOffice gptkb:Congressional_Budget_Office
gptkbp:hasCaucus gptkb:Congressional_Hispanic_Caucus
Congressional Black Caucus
Freedom Caucus
Problem Solvers Caucus
gptkbp:hasCommittee gptkb:House_Armed_Services_Committee
gptkb:House_Judiciary_Committee
gptkb:House_Foreign_Affairs_Committee
gptkb:House_Transportation_and_Infrastructure_Committee
gptkb:House_Financial_Services_Committee
gptkb:Senate_Agriculture,_Nutrition,_and_Forestry_Committee
gptkb:Senate_Appropriations_Committee
gptkb:Senate_Armed_Services_Committee
gptkb:Senate_Banking,_Housing,_and_Urban_Affairs_Committee
gptkb:Senate_Budget_Committee
gptkb:Senate_Commerce,_Science,_and_Transportation_Committee
gptkb:Senate_Energy_and_Natural_Resources_Committee
gptkb:Senate_Environment_and_Public_Works_Committee
gptkb:Senate_Ethics_Committee
gptkb:Senate_Finance_Committee
gptkb:Senate_Foreign_Relations_Committee
gptkb:Senate_Health,_Education,_Labor,_and_Pensions_Committee
gptkb:Senate_Homeland_Security_and_Governmental_Affairs_Committee
gptkb:Senate_Indian_Affairs_Committee
gptkb:Senate_Intelligence_Committee
gptkb:Senate_Judiciary_Committee
gptkb:Senate_Rules_and_Administration_Committee
gptkb:Senate_Small_Business_and_Entrepreneurship_Committee
gptkb:Senate_Veterans'_Affairs_Committee
gptkb:House_Administration_Committee
gptkb:House_Agriculture_Committee
gptkb:House_Appropriations_Committee
gptkb:House_Budget_Committee
gptkb:House_Education_and_the_Workforce_Committee
gptkb:House_Energy_and_Commerce_Committee
gptkb:House_Ethics_Committee
gptkb:House_Homeland_Security_Committee
gptkb:House_Intelligence_Committee
gptkb:House_Natural_Resources_Committee
gptkb:House_Rules_Committee
gptkb:House_Science,_Space,_and_Technology_Committee
gptkb:House_Small_Business_Committee
gptkb:House_Veterans'_Affairs_Committee
gptkb:House_Ways_and_Means_Committee
gptkb:Joint_Committee_on_Printing
gptkb:Joint_Committee_on_Taxation
gptkb:Joint_Committee_on_the_Library
gptkb:Joint_Economic_Committee
gptkbp:hasEthics gptkb:Senate_Ethics_Committee
gptkb:House_Ethics_Committee
gptkbp:hasFireDepartment gptkb:law_enforcement
gptkbp:hasLibrary gptkb:Library_of_Congress
gptkbp:hasOversightCommittee gptkb:Senate_Homeland_Security_and_Governmental_Affairs_Committee
gptkb:House_Oversight_Committee
gptkbp:hasPrintingOffice gptkb:Government_Publishing_Office
gptkbp:hasResearchService gptkb:Congressional_Research_Service
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label U.S. Congress
gptkbp:legislature biennial
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States_Capitol
gptkbp:lowerAward gptkb:United_States_House_of_Representatives
gptkbp:meetingPlace gptkb:United_States_Capitol
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Capitol_Hill
gptkb:The_Hill
gptkbp:numberOfMembers 535
gptkbp:numberOfMPs 435
gptkbp:numberOfRooms 2
gptkbp:numberOfSenators 100
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:powerGrantedBy gptkb:Article_I_of_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:presidingOfficerTitle gptkb:President_of_the_United_States
gptkb:Speaker_of_the_House
gptkbp:responsibility impeachment
approving treaties
confirming federal appointments
declaring war
making federal laws
regulating interstate commerce
gptkbp:salaryMember $174,000 (as of 2023)
gptkbp:termLength 2 years
gptkbp:termLengthSenate 6 years
gptkbp:upperHouse gptkb:United_States_Senate
gptkbp:votingSystem first-past-the-post
gptkbp:website https://www.congress.gov/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Truman_Doctrine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3