Sentence examples for upper parliament from inspiring English sources

From Reuters: RIA quoted Andrei Klishas, head of the constitutional legislation committee in the upper parliament house, as saying the bill "would offer the president and government opportunities to defend our sovereignty from threats".

In the wake of the firebombing in Ulyanovsk, the speaker of the upper parliament house, Valentina Matviyenko, called for collection agencies to stop operating, pending new legislation to regulate the industry.

The proposed change would reduce the number of senators serving in the upper parliament from 315 to 100; those who serve would no longer be elected directly but would be regional representatives instead.

If dis one pass, di speaker of di upper parliament wey dem dey call Council of Nation fo take over di work of di president.

Sergei Mironov of the Federation Council, which is Russia's upper parliament, has said the EGE has only had a negative impact.

"The object of the proposal from the bill committee in the upper house parliament is to fulfil the wishes and interests of people who voted on 8 November 2015," NLD lawmaker Aung Kyi Nyun told parliament.

If the vote stands, the legislation will go to the upper house of parliament for final approval.

The upper house of parliament had already approved the law.

Resistance might come from the House of Lords, the unelected, upper chamber of Parliament that revises legislation.

These days, meanwhile, Russia's political institutions - its parliament, upper Federation Council, regional assemblies - are decorative entities.

For Enrico Letta, the scenes in the upper house of parliament were something of a pyrrhic victory.