The mining repeal bills were also introduced to the lower house, ready for senate approval.
The Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, faces a vote of no confidence in the Italian Senate and lower house today.
But the tax bill remains caught between the lower house and the senate even though the change was due to come into force on 1 January.
In cases where the voters cast invalid "overvotes" in the presidential election, but then cast valid votes in the US senate contest lower down on the same ballot, 70% voted Democrat, Mr Gore's party, and only 24% voted Republican.
In the past five years, it has gone from from no presence in parliament to seats in both the lower house and the senate, 11 mayors and hundreds of local councillors at different levels.
Other tricks include placing the same woman in different lists for both the senate and the lower deputies chamber, with men as her alternate candidates.
The Greens in the past have traded preferences in numerous lower house seats for Labor senate preferences, and despite the voting reforms these preferences will still be useful.
In the vote Friday for the speakers of the senate and the lower house, most lawmakers cast blank ballots, signaling the inability to find a compromise over the candidates.
The French parliament started debating the bill in 2013, but the final vote was delayed after several hearings owing to sharp divisions between the lower parliamentary chamber and the senate.
The economic-social commission includes the president of the National Statistics Agency; the president of Italy's antitrust authority; a board member of the Bank of Italy; a minister in the caretaker government responsible for European issues; and two lawmakers, one from the lower house, one from the senate, who will act as liaisons between the Parliament and the government.
