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3. What is a bicameral legislature? |
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Answer» A bicameral legislature divides the legislators into two separate assemblies, chambers, or houses. Bicameralism is distinguished from unicameralism, in which all members deliberate and vote as a single group, and from some legislatures that have three or more separate assemblies, chambers, or houses. Bicameral system, a system of government in which thelegislaturecomprisestwo houses. The modern bicameral system dates back to the beginnings ofconstitutional governmentin 17th-century England and to the later 18th century on the continent of Europe and in the United States. |
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