An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house. The house formally designated as the upper house...
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The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the lower house, the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster...
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effectively an Upper Chamber and a Lower Chamber, with the knights and burgesses sitting in the latter. This Upper Chamber became known as the House of Lords...
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Rajya Sabha (redirect from Indian Upper House)
20833 The Rajya Sabha, constitutionally the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. As of 2023[update], it has a maximum...
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house is the lower chamber of a bicameral legislature, where second chamber is the upper house. Although formally styled as "below" the upper house,...
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German Bundesrat (redirect from German Bundesrat (upper house))
consent of both houses. For its somewhat similar function, the Bundesrat is sometimes (controversially) described as an upper house of parliament along...
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more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. The leader of the majority party in the House of Commons by convention becomes the prime...
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The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together, they...
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744944 The House of Representatives (衆議院, Shūgiin) is the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Councillors is the upper house. The composition...
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Lok Sabha (redirect from House of Representatives of India)
Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members...
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