Supreme Congress

The **Supreme Congress** is the legislature of the federal government of the United Federation. It is bicameral, composed of a lower body, the Federal Council of Representatives, and an upper body, the Federal Senate. It meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C and Suburmania. Senators and representatives are chosen through direct election, though vacancies in the Senate may be filled by a governor's appointment. Congress has 535 voting members: 100 senators and 435 representatives. The vice president of the United Federation has a vote in the Senate only when senators are evenly divided. The Council of Representatives has six non-voting members.

The jurisdiction of the Federal Senate includes: consent to the appointment of the vice president of the United Federation, deciding the issue of confidence in the Government, appointment and dismissal of the Chairman of the Central Bank, appointment and dismissal of the Chairman and half of the auditors of the Accounting Chamber, appointment and dismissal of the Commissioner for Human Rights, proclamation of amnesty, advancing of charges against the President for his impeachment and others.

The jurisdiction of the Council of the Federation includes: approval of changes in borders between subjects of the Russian Federation, approval of the decree of the President on the introduction of a martial law or on the introduction of a state of emergency, deciding on the possibility of using the Armed Forces of Russia outside the territory of Russia, appointment of elections of the President, impeachment of the President, appointment of judges of higher courts of Russia, appointment and dismissal of the Procurator-General of the Federation, appointment and dismissal of Deputy Chairman and half of the auditors of the all Accounting Chamber and others.

## Structure

The Supreme Congress is composed of two chambers, each with equal legislative powers:

* The Federal Senate, which represented the population of the federation as a whole, with each deputy representing the same number of voters.
* The Federal Council of Representatives, which represented the ethnic populations as units, with members elected on the basis of 32 members from each Federated State, 11 from each autonomous region, five from each autonomous district, and one from each autonomous cities. The administrative units of the same type would send the same number of members regardless of their size or population.

### Powers

As the legislature, all laws must be voted in the Federal Senate before they are signed into law. All bills, even those proposed by the Federal Council, must first be considered by the Senate. Upon adoption by a majority of the Senate membership, a draft law is considered by the Federal Council, which has fourteen days to place the bill on its calendar. The Federal Council cannot make changes in bills passed by the Senate and can either approve or reject them. If the Federal Council rejects a bill passed by the Senate, the two chambers must form a conciliation commission to work out a compromise version of the legislation. If two chambers cannot reach a compromise, or the senate insists on passing the bill as is, the veto of the Council can be overridden, if two thirds of the Senate's constitutional composition vote in favor of the bill.

makes & passes federal laws, and decide on what laws to pass, foreign affairs and approves treaties, has the power of the purse, and has the power of impeachment, by which it can remove sitting members of the federal government, approving and debating the alliance leadership,

It is the congress's role to elect representatives, senators, and Uber-Governors from among their worlds. It is model after the U.S. Congress. The lower house, the Council of Representatives, has 535 voting members, each representing a congressional district for a two-year term. House seats are apportioned among the states by population. Each state then draws single-member districts to conform with the census apportionment. The District of Z-Tech and the 3 major U.F. territories each have one member of Congress—these members are not allowed to vote. The District of Z-Tech and the 3 major U.F. territories do not have senators. The Senate is unique among upper houses in being the most prestigious and powerful portion of the country's bicameral system; political scientists have frequently labeled it the "most powerful upper house" of any government.

The Senate and the Council usually meet separately. Joint sessions are organized when:

* President of UFN delivers his annual address to the Congress;
* For hearing of addresses of the Constitutional Court of the UFN;
* To hear the speeches of leaders of foreign States.

Joint sessions of the Supreme Congress occur on special occasions that require a concurrent resolution from Council and Senate. These sessions include counting electoral votes after a presidential election and the president's State of the Union address. Joint Sessions and Joint Meetings are traditionally presided over by the speaker of the House, except when counting presidential electoral votes when the vice president (acting as the president of the Senate) presides.