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upper house

noun as in small and less representative legislature

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He had served six terms as a member of the House of Representatives and three terms in the upper house.

From the 1820s to the 1850s, the upper house was dominated by Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, and John Calhoun.

Any Yingluck impeachment would have been heard in the upper house.

Upper-house elections slated for next July will be a key to determining how much room Abe and his party will have to maneuver.

But smaller policies, such as reform of our upper house of parliament, will be sold even more so as Liberal Democrat triumphs.

One new, buzzy option is Upper House, which opened its doors in October.

Cautiously they began to go up into the dark vault of the upper house, the boards creaking under their weight.

It is a bicameral legislature composed of an upper house, the Senate, and a lower house, the House of Delegates.

The bill was warmly approved of by the leading law authorities in the upper house, and passed almost without discussion.

The bills were generally approved of, and they passed the upper house unopposed.

The elective Assembly was compelled to share even the lawmaking power with an upper house, the Legislative Council.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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