Council of States
Britishnoun
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Lawmakers initially included wording in the bill to protect transgender people, but the Council of States, Switzerland’s higher parliamentary chamber, rejected it on the basis that the criteria were too vague.
From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2020
Appearing before the Reichsrat or Council of States, reactionary Minister of Interior Baron von Gayl made a bid for confidence by admitting, "I am a monarchist by tradition and conviction."
From Time Magazine Archive
On the other hand, the Council of States is composed of forty-four members, two for each of the twenty-two Cantons.
From The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891 by Flower, B. O. (Benjamin Orange)
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