Why is the national legislature bicameral??
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Because the people who formed the goverment were argueing about what was the most fair.\n\nThe large states thought it would be fair to give represenatives in proportion to the population.  Smaller states did not think this was fair because they would get less representation.  Thus as a compremise the Bicameral system was begotten.\n\nThe senate gives each state two reps (with the VP being the president of the senate) and the house seats are determined by your state's population.  If your states population goes up or down during a census.
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aside from the lies that it's based upon and the false political \nreasons that started it, it's become a money issue . what can one do when legislature goes bad ? Normal needs it for monetary reasons : if they do their job they lose there job....   u can imagine what's under the table.....justice can't prevail in a pentocrisy on the take one of the problems with capitalism w/out conscience.\nIt's probably unconstitutional ...
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They are voting on Parlimentary Elections. Their gov. is different from ours because the real power is held by the legislative branch. So the vote is not simply for representatives, but eyes are on this election to see if the liberal party is going to hold power, or if the conservatives will make enough gains to take control. This is important because the person who is most equilivant of our President, the Prime Minister is not voted on by the people, but rather by members of Parliment.
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The US was designed as a representative democracy, not an ideal democracy.  Thus we have representatives to vote for us in national elections.\n\nThat being said, the electoral college does have flaws and should be modified or eliminated.  But then so should the 2-per-state Senate, don't you think? Kind of bizarre when someone in Rhode Island is 100 times better represented in Congress than someone in California.
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Actually, there is one state (Nebraska) that is unicameral--in other words, its legislature has only one house.  The names of the houses of the legislature vary from state to state, but all of those with bicameral legislatures use the name "Senate" for the upper (and smaller) house.   The term "House of Representatives" (or "House," for short) is used as the name of the lower (and larger) house in 41 states.  Five states call the lower house the "Assembly," and three use the term "House of Delegates."
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Advantages of a Unicameral System:\n\n    * There is the potential to enact proposed legislation more rapidly, since differences don’t have to be reconciled by two chambers.\n    * There is the potential of greater accountability, since only one body is responsible for legislation.\n    * It is less expensive to maintain one body and fewer legislative members. \n\nIn many cases, one chamber (usually the lower house) has the final say in determining the composition of a bill.\n\n    * In Slovenia, the upper house, National Council, has the power to veto any law within seven days of its adoption by the lower house, National Assembly. However, the National Assembly may override the veto with a simple majority.\n\n    * In Russia, the Federation Council (upper house) may reject a law passed by the Duma (lower house), but the Duma may override the Federation Council with a two-thirds majority.
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It requires a few things.  The hardest of which is getting approval of 3/4's of the States to approve it.  If memory serves the State's Governors vote.  Because 3/4's of the people rarely agree on anything....it is a VERY difficult standard to meet.  If memory serves it requires two thirds of the Senate to approve the ammendment for submission to the Governors, and 2/3rds of the house to approve it's submission to the Senate.
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i think it is legislature but im not sure \nhope it helps
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At the local level, maybe.  At the national level?  No honest person or person with ethics and integrity would want to hold a national elected office....the way things are run today, corruption is unavoidable.
477996
u raised a question worth million bucks.actually i think no body is  interesed in this stuff{talking in context of our politicians}.reserving 50%of the seats for sc/st/obc...shows the poor mentality of the old political system...may be its in the roots and the only answer to it is ...ACCEPT IT!! u can do nothing.
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The one with 20 parties is more democratic.  It is giving voice to the many points of view espoused by its people.  Governing such a country might be problematic as you would have to form consensus between many parties in order to have a majority for conducting business.
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If there were only one party it leaves it open to corruption. The reason for a second party or third party is to keep the party in power in check and create an opposition to critique the party in power...\n\nor so I learned in school.
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the house of representitives is supposed to relfect the will of the majority of the population.  Each state gets a number of representatives based on how many people live there.  House Reps are up for election every 2 years so they constently have to be appeaseing to their state.  This is a problem because the general population is often uninformed and emotional and subject to a mob mantality.  For this reason the Senete exists.  Every state big or small gets 2 senetors that are up for election every 6 years.  This allows them to do what they think is right even if it goes against the majority. The house and senete check and balance each other.
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Because the British govt is incredibly PC ... not to mention, they want their vote!! If you think ANYgovernment nowadays gives two hoots about its own indigenous population, think again!  It's votes .. these guys want to be re elected ...
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They made two houses as a compromise between the (big) states that wanted a legislature representation based on population and the (small) states that thought all states should be represented equally. We have one of each now. Because the Senate has a set, smaller amount of representatives (senators), they are generally more respected.
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This is because they are private members bills.\n\nMajor legislation and public generated bills will be "tabled" in the house and debated at length.  The final results will be presented\nto the public.
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The Two-party system barely qualifies as democracy.  At least with a coalition government, everyone gets a chance to voice their opinion, and have some input as to how things are done.