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This typically translates into more committee assignments per member compared to the lowerhouse.
This has explanatory weight, especially when attempting to judge the actions of moderates and the silent majority in the lowerhouse whose views went unrecorded.
The lowerhouse confirmed this clause, adding the obligation to issue ten per cent of the company's shares as part of the shared property scheme.
We could rule out the notion that the lowerhouse rejected the measure on scientific grounds.
The lowerhouse has greater authority in originating money bills, general tax laws, troop recruitment and others.
Committees in the lowerhouse fixed the extension period at thirty-five years, and left open the possibility of further renewals.
In contrast, control of a lowerhouse committee affected only the bills referred to that particular committee.
Now let us consider at greater length whether our evidence really suggests that lowerhouse committee chairs matter.
The larger districts of the upper house were similar to the standard districts of the lowerhouse and therefore produced similar results.
These activities obtaining national resource utilized such political resources as lowerhouse members elected from their districts.
The executive cannot rely on nearly automatic support from the lowerhouse of the legislature as it can in most parliamentary systems.
The lowerhouse majority increased yet again, by three additional seats.
Our indicator of legislative success is the proportion of legislative initiatives of the executive that are approved by the lowerhouse of the national legislature.
Elections are effectively non-concurrent, since half the deputies in the lowerhouse are renewed every two years.
Arguably, the most effective upper chamber is one that represents a wider range of civil society than that found in the lowerhouse.
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