Sentences with phrase «upper legislative house»

Nigeria's upper legislative house, the Senate, adopted the bill on Wednesday, completing its passage through parliament after the...

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In his maiden speech — which, following a tradition now rarely observed, he waited a year after his election to deliver — Sasse argued that the upper house of the U.S. Congress was intended specifically by the framers to preserve minority opinion by enshrining a process of long - form debate to preclude a legislative fast track.

However, the results of these elections will also determine the composition of the Eerste Kamer, the Netherlands» legislative upper house.

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.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, «Senate leader John Burton ended it [2001 legislative session] with expletives and a collective middle finger from the upper house extended toward Gov. Gray Davis.»

When the Florida House popped out and passed a sweeping, 278 - page education bill in the final days of this year's legislative session, Republican Sen. David Simmons of Altamonte Springs issued a warning to his colleagues in the upper chamber: If they...

In its legislative aspect — so to the extent it might have people with competence in law — the UK House of Lords was and is the equivalent of our Senate, except we don't have members who are born eligible for the Monty Python «upper class» twits Olympiad by birth.