lower chamber

[loh-er]

noun

1. lower house.

lower chamber

noun

1. another name for lower house

Word History and Origins

Origin of lower chamber¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

And the party that controls the lower chamber of Congress has powers that extend far beyond simply setting the legislative agenda for the next two years, as important as that may be.

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The redistricting could help pad the slender Republican majority in the House, which is the lower chamber of Congress.

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It now returns to the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Congress that had previously passed a version of the bill with $9.4bn in proposed cuts.

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries delayed the final vote in the lower chamber of Congress on Thursday by speaking for nearly nine hours.

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The lower chamber approved an earlier version of the bill in May with a margin of just one vote, and this bill must now be reconciled with the Senate version.

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