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Each chamber of the Cortes Generales meets at separate precincts, and carry out their duties separately, except for specific important functions, in which case they meet in a joint session.
Elections to the Cortes Generales are held every four years or before if the prime ministers calls for an early election.
Generales inquisitiones de analysi notionum et veritatum (General Inquiries About the Analysis of Concepts and of Truths) * 1695.
He also expresses the State's assent to entering into international commitments through treaties; and he declares war or makes peace, following the authorization of the Cortes Generales.
However, if after two months no candidate has obtained it, then the King dissolves the Cortes Generales and calls for new elections with the endorsement of the Speaker of Congress.
If he or she fails to obtain it, then the Cortes Generales are dissolved, and new elections are called.
Senators serve for four-year terms or until the dissolution of the Cortes Generales.
The Law of Political Parties of 1978 provides them with public funding whose quantity is based on the number of seats held in the Cortes Generales and the number of votes received.
The Statute of Autonomy is the basic organic institutional law, approved by the legislature of the community itself as well as by the Cortes Generales, the Spanish Parliament.