bicameral

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The bipartisan, bicameral Congressional-Executive Commission on China, where we serve as chair and ranking member, has worked to expose this threat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

These include expanding parliament into a bicameral system, with a new 100‑seat upper house allocated according to each party's share of the national vote.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

It’s not obvious, after all, that we need a bicameral legislature in the first place.

From Slate • Aug. 12, 2025

“I urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan, bicameral and utterly fantastic bill,” said Representative Lloyd K. Smucker, Republican of Pennsylvania.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2023

The principal advantage of a bicameral legislature is that each house serves as a check upon the haste of the other and thus insures more careful consideration of bills.

From Government in the United States National, State and Local by Garner, James Wilford