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lower house
[loh-er]
noun
one of two branches of a legislature, generally more representative and with more members than the upper branch.
lower house
noun
Also called: lower chamber.one of the two houses of a bicameral legislature: usually the larger and more representative house Compare upper house
Word History and Origins
Origin of lower house1
Example Sentences
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.
A version of the legislation passed by the lower house cuts the hydrogen tax credit, amongst others, and scales back more.
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.
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.
By 09:30 local time, the last of the MPs filed into the lower house.
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