United States Congress

Summary

United States Congress is a bicameral legislature^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.89% of bicameral_legislature entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,716 views/month, #1 of 112).^[2]

Key Facts

• United States Congress is located in Washington, D.C.^[3].
• United States Congress is in the country of United States^[4].
• United States Congress's instance of is recorded as bicameral legislature^[5].
• United States Congress took place at United States Capitol^[6].
• United States Congress's child organization or unit is recorded as United States Government Publishing Office^[7].
• United States Congress's child organization or unit is recorded as Office of Congressional Workplace Rights^[8].
• United States Congress's child organization or unit is recorded as United States Congress Office of the Attending Physician^[9].
• United States Congress is part of Federal Government of the United States^[10].
• United States Congress's Commons category is recorded as United States Congress^[11].
• United States Congress comprises United States House of Representatives^[12].
• United States Congress comprises United States Senate^[13].
• March 4, 1789 marks the founding of United States Congress^[14].
• United States Congress's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.88972222, 'lon': -77.00888889}^[15].
• United States Congress's official website is recorded as https://www.congress.gov^[16].
• United States Congress's topic's main category is recorded as Category:United States Congress^[17].
• United States Congress's Commons gallery is recorded as United States Congress^[18].
• United States Congress's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as United States^[19].
• United States Congress's number of seats is recorded as {'amount': '+535'}^[20].
• United States Congress's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• United States Congress's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia^[22].
• United States Congress's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[23].
• United States Congress's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• United States Congress's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[25].
• United States Congress's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[26].
• United States Congress's described by source is recorded as Meyer’s Universum, Fünfzehnter Band^[27].

Body

Founding

March 4, 1789 marks the founding of United States Congress^[14].

Identity

United States Congress is part of Federal Government of the United States^[10].

Operations

Subsidiaries include United States Government Publishing Office^[7], a state publisher^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1861^[30]; Office of Congressional Workplace Rights^[8], a legislative branch agency^[31], in United States^[32], founded in 1995^[33]; and United States Congress Office of the Attending Physician^[9], a government agency^[34], in United States^[35].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for United States Congress include Congressional Airport^[36], an airport^[37], in United States^[38].

Why It Matters

United States Congress ranks in the top 0.89% of bicameral_legislature entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,716 views/month, #1 of 112).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]

Works attributed to it include United States Statutes at Large^[41], a serial^[42], founded in 1845^[43]; Congressional Record^[44], an official publication^[45], in United States^[46], founded in 1873^[47]; and Wilderness Act^[48], an Act of Congress in the United States^[49], in United States^[50], founded in 1964^[51]. Entities named for it include Congressional Airport^[36], an airport^[37], in United States^[38].