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

But Mexico has a government system much like ours, with a president who’s head of the executive branch, a bicameral legislature, and an independent judiciary.

From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2024

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

Once chosen, the speaker must table a joint session of parliament to decide on a prime minister, which requires the votes of more half of the 750 members of the bicameral legislature.

From Reuters ● Jul. 3, 2023

When discussing the structure of the government under the new constitution, the delegates from Virginia called for a bicameral legislature consisting of two houses.

From Textbooks ● Jul. 28, 2021

But there was established a bicameral legislature, by which the king's ministers might be impeached, and without whose assent no law might be enacted and no tax levied.

From The Governments of Europe by Ogg, Frederic Austin