bicameral legislature

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1. A legislature with two houses, or chambers. The British parliament is a bicameral legislature, made up of the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Likewise, the United States Congress is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

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bicameral legislature

It used to be a bicameral legislature, and it gave these upper class of states veto power over legislation.

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026

One measure, introduced in 2018 in Mexico’s bicameral legislature, passed last year in one chamber and is now sitting in the other.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2023

Peruvians overwhelmingly rejected a bicameral legislature in a 2018 referendum.

From Reuters ● Jul. 15, 2022

Although the basic design of the House and Senate resulted from a political deal between large and small states, the bicameral legislature established by the convention did not emerge from thin air.

From Textbooks ● Jul. 28, 2021

The principal advantage of a bicameral legislature is that each house serves as a check upon the haste of the other and thus insures more careful consideration of bills.

From Government in the United States National, State and Local by James Wilford Garner

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