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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Although the upper house may reject it again, the Government can now invoke the Parliament Act to force the measure through.
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An upper house representing regional leaders is to be created two years after independence.
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And throughout they dominated the State Council, the upper house endowed with effective veto powers over Duma proposals.
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Any proposal will be in trouble if it has to be approved by the upper house of parliament as well as the lower house.
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Pinochet and who hold the swing vote in the upper house .
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They successfully tied up the upper house in endless debate.
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Yet both have two votes in the upper house .