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lower house

[loh-er]

noun

  1. one of two branches of a legislature, generally more representative and with more members than the upper branch.



lower house

noun

  1. Also called: lower chamber.one of the two houses of a bicameral legislature: usually the larger and more representative house Compare upper house

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lower house1

First recorded in 1570–80
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Wednesday's vote should be a formality because Tusk's coalition has a 12-seat majority in the lower house, the Sejm, and only a simple majority in the presence of half the 460 parliamentarians is required to win.

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A version of the legislation passed by the lower house cuts the hydrogen tax credit, amongst others, and scales back more.

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The abolition is expected to go through the upper house, France's Senate, but it still needs to be approved in a broader bill in the lower house in June and will have to be approved by France's Constitutional Council, which is not guaranteed.

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His eldest son Sandro is a congressman, and his cousin Martin Romualdez is speaker of the lower house and a likely presidential candidate in 2028 - probably the reason why Bongbong Marcos was so keen to drive through the impeachment of Sara Duterte.

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By 09:30 local time, the last of the MPs filed into the lower house.

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