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This, however, greatly understates the value to the opposition of controlling the upper house, relative to controlling a lower house committee, and we wish here to explain why.
The impact of opposition control of the upper house.
Within a few days, he returned to the upper house with a substitute bill to replace articles two and three of the senate's committee proposal.
One might ask whether chairmanships matter any longer when the upper house is held by the opposition.
Control of the upper house depressed the probability of being rolled on every bill in the session.
As hostilities towards them grew, angry mobs began to prevent the bishops from reaching parliament and sitting in the upper house.
This is due to government needing representation for departments in the upper house but being greatly reluctant to having peers as full cabinet ministers.
In the upper house, there was no chance for negotiation between the government and the opposition parties.
