Sentences with word «unicameral»

In unicameral systems, the national Parliament has 2 votes, whereas in bicameral parliamentary systems each Chamber receives 1 vote.

In 2014, the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature was in its 103rd Legislature, 2nd session from January 8 to April 17.

If you imagine that any of these matters is foremost on councilmembers» minds, you haven't been paying attention to the low level of backbiting and petty squabbling that defines our (almost) one - party unicameral legislative body.

Unless we go unicameral which has its considerable attractions, not least on cost grounds.

It has been unicameral since 1968, when the upper house, the Legislative Council, was abolished, with the former chamber now used for committee meetings and official ceremonies.

What the young nation instead had was an enfeebled unicameral Congress under the Articles of Confederation, and a grant of power that went only so far as the states might permit — and they permitted very little.

Gerald Howarth, the bearded Labour MP for Knowsley, says unicameral systems can work «effectively and efficiently».

The Scottish parliament is unicameral so English senators, as with the Lords, will have no opportunity to review or revise Scottish legislation, but Scottish senators will be able to intermeddle with English legislation.

In 1971 the parliament became unicameral.

There's a legislative bill bouncing around the Nebraska Unicameral concerning pet stores and what should be allowed for sale in them.

Proud state residents want their kids to see the capital — maybe for the unique unicameral, bipartisan legislature, or maybe to take in a Cornhusker game on a Saturday.

Unicameral systems don't naturally have such attempted checks and balances, so I'm just wondering if there are ways you could tweak them so they do, while still only consisting of one chamber.

Also, we've been highlighting a legislative bill that's currently in Nebraska's Unicameral which proposes that, among other things, pet stores in Nebraska should only sell animals from shelters and rescue.

In a country with a unicameral parliament, a treaty only requires the consent of a single chamber of parliament.

There are few real checks and balances in the Hungarian political system, which is unicameral and has an indirectly elected head of state.

The second is the office of the Comptroller General (audit branch), an autonomous and independent organ nominally subordinate to the unicameral legislative assembly.

Like other constitutional changes that Johns and some of his colleagues say would be perfect for discussion at a convention, such as legislative term limits, a unicameral legislature undoubtedly won't be pushed by just a lone person.

Republicans effectively control 59 of the 98 state legislative chambers, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures; Nebraska has a unicameral, nonpartisan legislature.

Either we need to adopt nonpartisan redistricting or we need to do what Nebraska did and adopt a unicameral legislature... Ideally, we'd do both.

Power should reside in a unicameral elected assembly, with the necessary checks and balances provided by independently - minded representatives.

Unicameral....

With the subsequent erosion of the power of the House of Lords, we have essentially been left with a unicameral parliament in which there are no checks on the government's power to pass legislation.

A unicameral legislature with 75 members making $ 75,000 a year and no outside income allowed.

Basically, I'm asking how you can put basic anti-majority checks in a unicameral system which doesn't even try at them by default.

Mark John's proposal of a unicameral legislature makes a lot of sense — provided legislators did not get to pick their constituents as was done in the last round of redistricting.

So, are there any ways of tinkering with a unicameral legislature in order to add in some check on the majorities power, while still keeping the system unicameral?

«Members were fine giving mayor three years, but again, this is not a unicameral legislature and the Senate would only want to give one year,» Heastie said.

I know bicameral systems aren't perfect, but unicameral systems don't naturally have any such checks and balances.

Labour's George Howarth has attracted support for a Commons motion demanding a unicameral system of Parliament, under which there is no second chamber at all.

In addition, Nebraska has a unicameral legislature - meaning there are 49 state senators and no members of the state House of Representatives.

Nebraska, for instance, has a unicameral legislature.

The bill includes maps for both the unicameral legislature and Nebraska's three Congressional seats.

Geary ran for election in the 2012 election for Nebraska State Senate District 7 of the Nebraska Unicameral.

At the 2015 parliamentary election, PSUV lost its majority in the National Assembly for the first time since the unicameral legislature's creation in 2000 against the Democratic Unity Roundtable, earning 55 out of the National Assembly's 167 seats.

The direct participation of the royal and viceroyal figures in any of these areas of governance is limited; in practice, their use of the executive powers is directed by the Executive Council, a committee of ministers of the Crown responsible to the unicameral, elected House of Assembly and chosen and headed by the Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador Dwight Ball the head of government.

Nebraska's legislature is unicameral, i.e., it has only one legislative house and is officially non-partisan, though party affiliation still has an unofficial influence on the legislative process.

The exception is Nebraska, where there's only two people because they have a unicameral legislature.»

The unicameral National Parliament of Solomon Islands comprises 38 members elected for a maximum of 4 years.

Unicameral v. Bicameral: Pros and Cons By Ava Alexandar, Molly Milligan, Robert Stern and Tracy Westen This page was last edited on 25 January 2018, at 16:28.

A law distributing more state aid to low - wealth districts was also passed by the unicameral, nonpartisan legislature.

A bill drafted by the unicameral legislature's education committee, Land expected to be taken up as early as late last week, bars residents of a district that affiliates with another from full participation in open enrollment...

They won't misread if, runs, locate, or even misrepresent, but rather unfamiliar technical vocabulary specific to the content area, such as metamorphosis, estuary, disenfranchised, and unicameral.

This state, for example, is the only one in the union to have a unicameral legislature at the state level and it can boast the most miles of winding rivers of any state in the US.

We are active advocates for animal welfare in our state, having written and lobbied the Department of Agriculture, the Nebraska Unicameral and local city councils to close puppy mills, to stop dog fighting, to insist on responsible pet ownership guidelines and to enforce dangerous dog ordinances.

Going forward, Pets in Omaha is committed to following this story, encouraging people to do whatever they can to fight for animals (look for a post soon that lists way to help), and keeping an interested eye on the Unicameral.