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bicameralism
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bi·cam·er·al  (b-kmr-l)
adj.
1. Composed of or based on two legislative chambers or branches: a bicameral legislature.
2. Medicine Composed of or having two chambers, as an abscess divided by a septum.

[bi- + Latin camera, chamber; see chamber + -al.]

bi·camer·al·ism n.

bicameralism
1. a legislative body having two branches, houses, or chambers.
2. advocacy of bicameral structure. Cf. unicameralism.bicameralist, n.bicameral, adj.
See also: Government


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She told MPs: Our bicameral system provides an opportunity for amendments to be proposed at a later stage, so I am quite relaxed.
Most democracies have bicameral systems like the Republicans and the Democrats in the United States or the Conservatives and the Labour in the United Kingdom, which also has third alternative in the smaller Liberal Party.
Rather than tinkering, perhaps the EU should boldly create an American-style bicameral system by turning the parliament into a House of Representatives and electing a Senate to replace the Council of Ministers, with two senators per member state.
 
 
 
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