Sentence examples for has an upper house from inspiring English sources

The nationalist party of the late ex-Communist president, Franjo Tudjman, has an upper house majority of 68 seats.

Australia also has an upper house called the Senate, which similar to other parliamentary systems provides a kind of check on the powers of the government, and must also pass legislation before it can be made law.

Besides Italy, no other member of NATO, the European Union, or the G-8 has an upper house whose power matches that of its lower house.

His bill has been referred to parliament's health committee for consideration, where it will be scrutinised as Queensland does not have an upper house.

We have an Upper House in this country that is counter-majoritarian in concept.

The third proposal was to have an upper house in Parliament composed of members elected or nominated to represent the racial, linguistic and religious minorities in Singapore.

Canada's parliament has an upper and a lower house.

However, Australia's Parliament also has a powerful upper house, the Senate, which must pass any legislation initiated by the House of Representatives if it is to become law.

Experience had convinced the delegates that an upper house was necessary to tame the passions of the people.

Nick Clegg has been right to argue that if we have an elected upper house it should be wholly elected, yet the government paper contains the option of having 20% appointed.

I suspect that if we had an elected upper house, with a membership roughly proportionate to the support each party received at the most recent general election, the replacements for peers would be amending more of the Brexit legislation and more assertively.