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Unicameralism

Unicameralism (from uni- "one" + Latin camera "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one.[1] Unicameralism has become an increasingly common type of legislature, making up nearly 60% of all national legislatures[2] and an even greater share of subnational legislatures.

Sometimes, as in New Zealand and Denmark, unicameralism comes about through the abolition of one of two bicameral chambers, or, as in Sweden, through the merger of the two chambers into a single one, while in others a second chamber has never existed from the beginning.

Rationale for unicameralism and criticism

The principal advantage of a unicameral system is more efficient lawmaking, as the legislative process is simpler and there is no possibility of deadlock between two chambers. Proponents of unicameralism have also argued that it reduces costs, even if the number of legislators stays the same, since there are fewer institutions to maintain and support financially. More popular among modern-day democratic countries, unicameral, proportional legislatures are widely seen as both more democratic and effective.[3]

Proponents of bicameral legislatures say that having two legislative chambers offers an additional restraint on the majority, though critics note that there are other ways to restrain majorities, such as through non-partisan courts and a robust constitution.[4]

List of unicameral legislatures

 
  Countries with a bicameral legislature.[6]
  Countries with a unicameral legislature.
  Countries with a unicameral legislature and an advisory body.
  Countries with no legislature.

Approximately half of the world's sovereign states are currently unicameral. The People's Republic of China is somewhat in-between, with a legislature and a formal advisory body. China has a Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference which meets alongside the National People's Congress, in many respects an advisory "upper house".

Many subnational entities have unicameral legislatures. These include the state of Nebraska and territories of Guam and the Virgin Islands in the United States, the Chinese special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao, the Australian state of Queensland as well as the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory, a majority of the provinces of Argentina, all of the provinces and territories in Canada, all of the regions of Italy, all of the Spanish autonomous communities, both the autonomous regions of Portugal, most of the states and union territories of India, and all of the states of Brazil and Germany. In the United Kingdom, the devolved Scottish Parliament, the Senedd Cymru, the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the London Assembly are also unicameral.

National (UN member states and observers)

Federal

Unitary

Africa
Asia
Europe
North America
Oceania
South America

Territorial

State parliaments with limited recognition

Subnational

Federations

Devolved governments

Others

List of historical unicameral legislatures

National

Subnational

Other

Unicameralism in the Philippines

Though the current Congress of the Philippines is bicameral, the country experienced unicameralism in 1898 and 1899 (during the First Philippine Republic), from 1935 to 1941 (the Commonwealth era) and from 1943 to 1944 (during the Japanese occupation). Under the 1973 Constitution, the legislative body was called Batasang Pambansa, which functioned also a unicameral legislature within a parliamentary system (1973-1981) and a semi-presidential system (1981-1986) form of government.

The ongoing process of amending or revising the current Constitution and form of government is popularly known as Charter Change. A shift to a unicameral parliament was included in the proposals of the constitutional commission created by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.[9] Unlike in the United States, senators in the Senate of the Philippines are elected not per district and state but nationally; the Philippines is a unitary state.[10] The Philippine government's decision-making process, relative to the United States, is more rigid, highly centralised, much slower and susceptible to political gridlock. As a result, the trend for unicameralism as well as other political system reforms are more contentious in the Philippines.[11]

While Congress is bicameral, all local legislatures are unicameral: the Bangsamoro Parliament, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (Provincial Boards), Sangguniang Panlungsod (City Councils), Sangguniang Bayan (Municipal Councils), Sangguniang Barangay (Barangay Councils), and the Sangguniang Kabataan (Youth Councils).

Unicameralism in the United States

The Nebraska Legislature (also called the Unicameral) is the supreme legislative body of the state of Nebraska and the only unicameral state legislature in the United States. Its members are called "senators", as it was originally the upper house of a bicameral legislature before the Nebraska House of Representatives dissolved in 1937. The legislature is also notable for being nonpartisan and officially recognizes no party affiliation, making Nebraska unique among U.S. states. With 49 members, it is also the smallest legislature of any U.S. state.

A 2018 study found that efforts to adopt unicameralism in Ohio and Missouri failed due to rural opposition.[12] There was a fear in rural communities that unicameralism would diminish their influence in state government.[12]

Local government legislatures of counties, cities, or other political subdivisions within states are usually unicameral and have limited lawmaking powers compared to their state and federal counterparts.

Some of the 13 colonies which became independent, such as Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New Hampshire had initially introduced strong unicameral legislature and (relatively) less powerful governors with no veto power. Pennsylvania's constitution lasted only 14 years. In 1790, conservatives gained power in the state legislature, called a new constitutional convention, and rewrote the constitution. The new constitution substantially reduced universal male suffrage, gave the governor veto power and patronage appointment authority, and added an upper house with substantial wealth qualifications to the unicameral legislature. Thomas Paine called it a constitution unworthy of America.

In 1999, Governor Jesse Ventura proposed converting the Minnesota Legislature into a single chamber.[13] Although debated, the idea was never adopted.

Seven U.S. states, Arizona, Idaho, Maryland, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Washington, effectively have two-house unicamerals. In these states, districts in the upper house and the lower house are combined into a single constituency, a practice known as nesting.

The U.S. territory of Puerto Rico held a non-binding referendum in 2005. Voters approved changing its Legislative Assembly to a unicameral body by 456,267 votes in favor (83.7%) versus 88,720 against (16.3%).[14] If both the territory's House of Representatives and Senate had approved by a 23 vote the specific amendments to the Puerto Rico Constitution that are required for the change to a unicameral legislature, another referendum would have been held in the territory to approve such amendments. If those constitutional changes had been approved, Puerto Rico could have switched to a unicameral legislature as early as 2015.

On June 9, 2009, the Maine House of Representatives voted to form a unicameral legislature, but the measure did not pass the Senate.[15]

Because of legislative gridlock in 2009, former Congressman Rick Lazio, a prospective candidate for governor, has proposed that New York adopt unicameralism.[16]

The United States as a whole was subject to a unicameral Congress during the years 1781–1788, when the Articles of Confederation were in effect. The Confederate States of America, pursuant to its Provisional Constitution, in effect from February 8, 1861, to February 22, 1862, was governed by a unicameral Congress.[17]

Notes

  1. ^ The Bundestag is technically the unicameral parliament of Germany, since the Bundesrat is not defined as a chamber of the legislature, but a completely separate legislative institution according to the Basic Law (German constitution).
  2. ^ Geographically a part of Asia but geopolitically a part of Europe.
  3. ^ a b c Transcontinental country.
  4. ^ The original constitution is partially superseded by the additional articles only on Taiwan which replaced the tricameral parliament into a unicameral one. A sunset clause in the additional articles will terminate them in the event of a hypothetical resumption of ROC rule in Mainland China.

References

  1. ^ Lanham, Url (1918–1999) (2018). The insects. ISBN 978-81-89729-42-4. OCLC 1003201754.
  2. ^ "IPU PARLINE database: Structure of parliaments". archive.ipu.org. 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  3. ^ Wirls, Daniel (2004). The invention of the United States Senate. Stephen Wirls. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-7438-6. OCLC 51878651.
  4. ^ Litt, David (2020). Democracy in one book or less : how it works, why it doesn't, and why fixing it is easier than you think (First ed.). New York, NY. ISBN 978-0-06-287936-3. OCLC 1120147424.
  5. ^ Reuter, Konrad (2003). "Zweite Kammer?". Bundesrat und Bundesstaat: Der Bundesrat der Bundesrepublik Deutschland(PDF) (in German) (12th ed.). Berlin: Direktor des Bundesrates. p. 50. ISBN 3-923706-22-7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-28. Retrieved 2007-01-04. Im Ausland wird ein solches parlamentarisches System im Allgemeinen als Zweikammer- System bezeichnet. Für Bundestag und Bundesrat ist dagegen eine gemeinsame Bezeichnung nicht allgemein üblich, und es ist sogar umstritten, ob der Bundesrat eine Zweite Kammer ist. (English: Abroad, such a parliamentary system is in general called a bicameral one. For Bundestag and Bundesrat such a common designation is not usual and it is even contentious whether the Bundesrat is a second chamber at all.)
  6. ^ Classifications of Germany as a country with a bicameral legislature can be controversial.[5]
  7. ^ Reuter, Konrad (2003). "Zweite Kammer?". Bundesrat und Bundesstaat: Der Bundesrat der Bundesrepublik Deutschland(PDF) (in German) (12th ed.). Berlin: Direktor des Bundesrates. p. 50. ISBN 3-923706-22-7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-28. Retrieved 2007-01-04. Im Ausland wird ein solches parlamentarisches System im Allgemeinen als Zweikammer- System bezeichnet. Für Bundestag und Bundesrat ist dagegen eine gemeinsame Bezeichnung nicht allgemein üblich, und es ist sogar umstritten, ob der Bundesrat eine Zweite Kammer ist. (English: Abroad, such a parliamentary system is in general called a bicameral one. For Bundestag and Bundesrat such a common designation is not usual and it is even contentious whether the Bundesrat is a second chamber at all.)
  8. ^ Jones, Seth G. (December 2020). "Afghanistan's Future Emirate? The Taliban and the Struggle for Afghanistan". CTC Sentinel. Combating Terrorism Center. 13 (11). Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Constitutional Commission proposals". Concom.ph. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
  10. ^ Softrigger Interactive (2008-02-25). . Archived from the original on February 25, 2008. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
  11. ^ . Concom.ph. Archived from the original on 2006-08-18. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
  12. ^ a b Myers, Adam S. (2018). "The Failed Diffusion of the Unicameral State Legislature, 1934–1944". Studies in American Political Development. 32 (2): 217–235. doi:10.1017/S0898588X18000135. ISSN 0898-588X. S2CID 150363451.
  13. ^ "One People – One House". News.minnesota.publicradio.org. 1999-04-29. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
  14. ^ "Referéndum sobre el Sistema Cameral". Comisión Estatal de Elecciones de Puerto Rico. 2005-07-10.
  15. ^ "RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Establish a Unicameral Legislature" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-11-26.
  16. ^ One for All, Rick Lazio, New York Times, July 14, 2009
  17. ^ "Avalon Project - Confederate States of America - Constitution for the Provisional Government". avalon.law.yale.edu.

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Unicameral redirects here For other uses see Unicameral disambiguation Unicameralism from uni one Latin camera chamber is a type of legislature which consists of one house or assembly that legislates and votes as one 1 Unicameralism has become an increasingly common type of legislature making up nearly 60 of all national legislatures 2 and an even greater share of subnational legislatures Sometimes as in New Zealand and Denmark unicameralism comes about through the abolition of one of two bicameral chambers or as in Sweden through the merger of the two chambers into a single one while in others a second chamber has never existed from the beginning Contents 1 Rationale for unicameralism and criticism 2 List of unicameral legislatures 2 1 National UN member states and observers 2 1 1 Federal 2 1 2 Unitary 2 1 2 1 Africa 2 1 2 2 Asia 2 1 2 3 Europe 2 1 2 4 North America 2 1 2 5 Oceania 2 1 2 6 South America 2 2 Territorial 2 3 State parliaments with limited recognition 2 4 Subnational 2 4 1 Federations 2 4 2 Devolved governments 2 4 3 Others 3 List of historical unicameral legislatures 3 1 National 3 2 Subnational 3 3 Other 4 Unicameralism in the Philippines 5 Unicameralism in the United States 6 Notes 7 ReferencesRationale for unicameralism and criticism EditThe principal advantage of a unicameral system is more efficient lawmaking as the legislative process is simpler and there is no possibility of deadlock between two chambers Proponents of unicameralism have also argued that it reduces costs even if the number of legislators stays the same since there are fewer institutions to maintain and support financially More popular among modern day democratic countries unicameral proportional legislatures are widely seen as both more democratic and effective 3 Proponents of bicameral legislatures say that having two legislative chambers offers an additional restraint on the majority though critics note that there are other ways to restrain majorities such as through non partisan courts and a robust constitution 4 List of unicameral legislatures Edit Countries with a bicameral legislature 6 Countries with a unicameral legislature Countries with a unicameral legislature and an advisory body Countries with no legislature Approximately half of the world s sovereign states are currently unicameral The People s Republic of China is somewhat in between with a legislature and a formal advisory body China has a Chinese People s Political Consultative Conference which meets alongside the National People s Congress in many respects an advisory upper house Many subnational entities have unicameral legislatures These include the state of Nebraska and territories of Guam and the Virgin Islands in the United States the Chinese special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao the Australian state of Queensland as well as the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory a majority of the provinces of Argentina all of the provinces and territories in Canada all of the regions of Italy all of the Spanish autonomous communities both the autonomous regions of Portugal most of the states and union territories of India and all of the states of Brazil and Germany In the United Kingdom the devolved Scottish Parliament the Senedd Cymru the Northern Ireland Assembly and the London Assembly are also unicameral National UN member states and observers Edit Federal Edit Assembly of the Union of the Comoros Bundestag of Germany note 1 7 Council of Representatives of Iraq provision exists for the founding of a Council of Union but no move to this effect has been initiated by the existing Council Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia National Assembly of Saint Kitts and Nevis Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates National Assembly of VenezuelaUnitary Edit Africa Edit National Assembly of Angola National Assembly of Benin National Assembly of Botswana National Assembly of Burkina Faso National Assembly of Cape Verde National 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note 4 Supreme Council of TransnistriaSubnational Edit Federations Edit All legislatures and legislative councils of the regions and communities of Belgium All legislative assemblies in all states of Brazil All legislative assemblies of the provinces and territories of Canada All Landtage of the states of Germany All legislative assemblies of the states of Malaysia All legislatures in all states of Mexico All legislatures of the provinces in Nepal All legislatures of the provinces and territories in Pakistan The legislature of the state of Nebraska and council of the District of Columbia in the United States Parliament of Queensland and the legislative assemblies of the territories of Australia but not the other states Provincial legislatures of the provinces of South Africa Narodna skupstina of Republika Srpska Provincial legislatures in Argentina 15 of the provinces of Argentina Chaco Chubut Cordoba Formosa Jujuy La Pampa La Rioja Misiones Neuquen Rio Negro San Juan Santa Cruz Santiago del Estero Tierra del Fuego Tucuman and the autonomous city of Buenos Aires 22 of the states of India Arunachal Pradesh Assam Chhattisgarh Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jharkhand Kerala Madhya Pradesh Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttarakhand and West Bengal and 3 of the union territories Delhi Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry Devolved governments Edit Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament Northern Ireland Assembly Scottish Parliament Senedd Welsh Parliament Parliaments of the autonomous communities of Spain All regional councils of France Bangsamoro Parliament All Oblast Councils of Ukraine City and County Councils of the special municipalities provincial cities and counties of the Republic of China Taiwan Others Edit Local People s Congresses of all levels of provinces regions and municipalities of the People s Republic of China National Council of the Palestine Liberation OrganizationList of historical unicameral legislatures EditNational Edit The First Protectorate Parliament and Second Protectorate Parliament of the Kingdom of England regulated by the Instrument of Government dissolved Parliament of the Kingdom of Scotland until 1707 dissolved Congress of the Confederation was unicameral before being replaced in 1789 by the current bicameral United States Congress Provisional Congress of the Confederate States was unicameral before being replaced by the bicameral Confederate States Congress in 1862 Congress of Deputies of Second Spanish Republic was unicameral between 1931 and 1936 Dissolved at the end of Spanish Civil War The Parliament of Uzbekistan was unicameral before being replaced in 2005 by the current bicameral Oliy Majlis National Assembly of Cameroon was unicameral before being replaced in 2013 by the current bicameral Parliament of Cameroon Chamber of People s Representative of Equatorial Guinea was unicameral before being replaced in 2013 by the current bicameral Parliament of Equatorial Guinea National Assembly of Kenya was the country s unicameral legislature before becoming the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Kenya in 2013 National Assembly of Ivory Coast was the country s unicameral legislature before becoming the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Ivory Coast in 2016 Central National Committee and the Provisional People s Representative Council of Indonesia was the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Indonesia during the War of Independence and the Liberal democracy era Subnational Edit General Assembly of Georgia until 1789 General Assembly of Pennsylvania until 1790 General Assembly of Vermont until 1836Other Edit Assembly of Representatives of Yishuv community in Mandatory Palestine from 1920 to 1949Unicameralism in the Philippines EditThough the current Congress of the Philippines is bicameral the country experienced unicameralism in 1898 and 1899 during the First Philippine Republic from 1935 to 1941 the Commonwealth era and from 1943 to 1944 during the Japanese occupation Under the 1973 Constitution the legislative body was called Batasang Pambansa which functioned also a unicameral legislature within a parliamentary system 1973 1981 and a semi presidential system 1981 1986 form of government The ongoing process of amending or revising the current Constitution and form of government is popularly known as Charter Change A shift to a unicameral parliament was included in the proposals of the constitutional commission created by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo 9 Unlike in the United States senators in the Senate of the Philippines are elected not per district and state but nationally the Philippines is a unitary state 10 The Philippine government s decision making process relative to the United States is more rigid highly centralised much slower and susceptible to political gridlock As a result the trend for unicameralism as well as other political system reforms are more contentious in the Philippines 11 While Congress is bicameral all local legislatures are unicameral the Bangsamoro Parliament the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Provincial Boards Sangguniang Panlungsod City Councils Sangguniang Bayan Municipal Councils Sangguniang Barangay Barangay Councils and the Sangguniang Kabataan Youth Councils Unicameralism in the United States EditThe Nebraska Legislature also called the Unicameral is the supreme legislative body of the state of Nebraska and the only unicameral state legislature in the United States Its members are called senators as it was originally the upper house of a bicameral legislature before the Nebraska House of Representatives dissolved in 1937 The legislature is also notable for being nonpartisan and officially recognizes no party affiliation making Nebraska unique among U S states With 49 members it is also the smallest legislature of any U S state A 2018 study found that efforts to adopt unicameralism in Ohio and Missouri failed due to rural opposition 12 There was a fear in rural communities that unicameralism would diminish their influence in state government 12 Local government legislatures of counties cities or other political subdivisions within states are usually unicameral and have limited lawmaking powers compared to their state and federal counterparts Some of the 13 colonies which became independent such as Pennsylvania New Jersey and New Hampshire had initially introduced strong unicameral legislature and relatively less powerful governors with no veto power Pennsylvania s constitution lasted only 14 years In 1790 conservatives gained power in the state legislature called a new constitutional convention and rewrote the constitution The new constitution substantially reduced universal male suffrage gave the governor veto power and patronage appointment authority and added an upper house with substantial wealth qualifications to the unicameral legislature Thomas Paine called it a constitution unworthy of America In 1999 Governor Jesse Ventura proposed converting the Minnesota Legislature into a single chamber 13 Although debated the idea was never adopted Seven U S states Arizona Idaho Maryland New Jersey North Dakota South Dakota and Washington effectively have two house unicamerals In these states districts in the upper house and the lower house are combined into a single constituency a practice known as nesting The U S territory of Puerto Rico held a non binding referendum in 2005 Voters approved changing its Legislative Assembly to a unicameral body by 456 267 votes in favor 83 7 versus 88 720 against 16 3 14 If both the territory s House of Representatives and Senate had approved by a 2 3 vote the specific amendments to the Puerto Rico Constitution that are required for the change to a unicameral legislature another referendum would have been held in the territory to approve such amendments If those constitutional changes had been approved Puerto Rico could have switched to a unicameral legislature as early as 2015 On June 9 2009 the Maine House of Representatives voted to form a unicameral legislature but the measure did not pass the Senate 15 Because of legislative gridlock in 2009 former Congressman Rick Lazio a prospective candidate for governor has proposed that New York adopt unicameralism 16 The United States as a whole was subject to a unicameral Congress during the years 1781 1788 when the Articles of Confederation were in effect The Confederate States of America pursuant to its Provisional Constitution in effect from February 8 1861 to February 22 1862 was governed by a unicameral Congress 17 Notes Edit The Bundestag is technically the unicameral parliament of Germany since the Bundesrat is not defined as a chamber of the legislature but a completely separate legislative institution according to the Basic Law German constitution Geographically a part of Asia but geopolitically a part of Europe a b c Transcontinental country The original constitution is partially superseded by the additional articles only on Taiwan which replaced the tricameral parliament into a unicameral one A sunset clause in the additional articles will terminate them in the event of a hypothetical resumption of ROC rule in Mainland China References Edit Lanham Url 1918 1999 2018 The insects ISBN 978 81 89729 42 4 OCLC 1003201754 IPU PARLINE database Structure of parliaments archive ipu org 2022 Retrieved 2022 12 31 Wirls Daniel 2004 The invention of the United States Senate Stephen Wirls Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN 0 8018 7438 6 OCLC 51878651 Litt David 2020 Democracy in one book or less how it works why it doesn t and why fixing it is easier than you think First ed New York NY ISBN 978 0 06 287936 3 OCLC 1120147424 Reuter Konrad 2003 Zweite Kammer Bundesrat und Bundesstaat Der Bundesrat der Bundesrepublik Deutschland PDF in German 12th ed Berlin Direktor des Bundesrates p 50 ISBN 3 923706 22 7 Archived from the original PDF on 2007 06 28 Retrieved 2007 01 04 Im Ausland wird ein solches parlamentarisches System im Allgemeinen als Zweikammer System bezeichnet Fur Bundestag und Bundesrat ist dagegen eine gemeinsame Bezeichnung nicht allgemein ublich und es ist sogar umstritten ob der Bundesrat eine Zweite Kammer ist English Abroad such a parliamentary system is in general called a bicameral one For Bundestag and Bundesrat such a common designation is not usual and it is even contentious whether the Bundesrat is a second chamber at all Classifications of Germany as a country with a bicameral legislature can be controversial 5 Reuter Konrad 2003 Zweite Kammer Bundesrat und Bundesstaat Der Bundesrat der Bundesrepublik Deutschland PDF in German 12th ed Berlin Direktor des Bundesrates p 50 ISBN 3 923706 22 7 Archived from the original PDF on 2007 06 28 Retrieved 2007 01 04 Im Ausland wird ein solches parlamentarisches System im Allgemeinen als Zweikammer System bezeichnet Fur Bundestag und Bundesrat ist dagegen eine gemeinsame Bezeichnung nicht allgemein ublich und es ist sogar umstritten ob der Bundesrat eine Zweite Kammer ist English Abroad such a parliamentary system is in general called a bicameral one For Bundestag and Bundesrat such a common designation is not usual and it is even contentious whether the Bundesrat is a second chamber at all Jones Seth G December 2020 Afghanistan s Future Emirate The Taliban and the Struggle for Afghanistan CTC Sentinel Combating Terrorism Center 13 11 Retrieved 2 November 2022 Constitutional Commission proposals Concom ph Retrieved 2013 11 26 Softrigger Interactive 2008 02 25 Philippines Gov Ph About the Philippines Archived from the original on February 25 2008 Retrieved 2013 11 26 Why Change Concom ph Archived from the original on 2006 08 18 Retrieved 2013 11 26 a b Myers Adam S 2018 The Failed Diffusion of the Unicameral State Legislature 1934 1944 Studies in American Political Development 32 2 217 235 doi 10 1017 S0898588X18000135 ISSN 0898 588X S2CID 150363451 One People One House News minnesota publicradio org 1999 04 29 Retrieved 2013 11 26 Referendum sobre el Sistema Cameral Comision Estatal de Elecciones de Puerto Rico 2005 07 10 RESOLUTION Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine To Establish a Unicameral Legislature PDF Retrieved 2013 11 26 One for All Rick Lazio New York Times July 14 2009 Avalon Project Confederate States of America Constitution for the Provisional Government avalon law yale edu Portals Law PoliticsUnicameralism at Wikipedia s sister projects Definitions from Wiktionary Media from Commons Data from Wikidata Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Unicameralism amp oldid 1146184846, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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