lower house

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upper house
In 1621 the upperhouse sat for 109 sittings on 93 days.
He had become an experienced parliament-man and an assiduous attender in the upperhouse.
It does not appear to have been mentioned again in the upperhouse.
Control of the upperhouse is not so powerful a card that the opposition needs no others.
If one were searching for a 'normal' upperhouse election under the old party system, 1992 would be as good as any.
Its apprehension was real in that the upperhouse election is based primarily on proportional representation.
The larger districts of the upperhouse were similar to the standard districts of the lower house and therefore produced similar results.
In the upperhouse, there was no chance for negotiation between the government and the opposition parties.
This is due to government needing representation for departments in the upperhouse but being greatly reluctant to having peers as full cabinet ministers.
As hostilities towards them grew, angry mobs began to prevent the bishops from reaching parliament and sitting in the upperhouse.
Control of the upperhouse depressed the probability of being rolled on every bill in the session.
One might ask whether chairmanships matter any longer when the upperhouse is held by the opposition.
Within a few days, he returned to the upperhouse with a substitute bill to replace articles two and three of the senate's committee proposal.
The impact of opposition control of the upperhouse.
This, however, greatly understates the value to the opposition of controlling the upperhouse, relative to controlling a lower house committee, and we wish here to explain why.
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