The Congress of the Republic ( Portuguese: Congresso da República) was the legislative body of the First Portuguese Republic.
It was proposed by Machado Santos. [1] The Congress was formed by two chambers, the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. [1] The home of the Congress was the Palácio de São Bento, the current home of the Assembly of the Republic, in Lisbon.[ citation needed]
In his Projecto de Estatuto Nacional, of 1916, Machado Santos further proposed a bicameral Congress of the Republic, with a Chamber of Deputies and a Senate, the latter being composed of senators from the municipalities and overseas provinces, and from social and religious interests (formed of clergy from all confessions), as well as professionals.