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Visibly shaken, Mr. Berlusconi left the lower house without speaking publicly, while members of the opposition called on him to resign.

A member of the U. S. House of Representatives or of the lower house of a state legislature.

Under the revised electoral law, the lower house of the Parliament of Kazakhstan must be at least two political parties members.

Should the poor, defenceless question survive that mangle, the speaker of the lower house still has the right to reject it, with no appeal.

It was the first time the lower house had removed the fuero of a sitting member in its history.

House of Representatives The lower house of the U. S. Congress and of most state legislatures.

His party, itself a makeshift coalition, has only a fifth of the seats in the lower house and a third in the upper.

The reforms have passed through the lower house of parliament and are expected to be passed by the Senate within days.

Even if allies of the al-Khalifa family were to lose control of the lower house, the appointed upper house can overrule it.

A bill to that effect was introduced in the lower house of Congress in 2007, but it is not expected to be voted on any time soon.

This is intended to help the party retain a two-thirds majority in the lower house and prepare for him to become premier.

It has already been passed by the lower house of parliament, and the upper house is due to conclude its voting this week.

Whoever wins the lower house at the next general election, due by 2013, is unlikely to hold a majority in the upper house.

A: As a friendly neighbour of Thailand, China expresses congratulations on the smooth election of the lower house of the Thai Parliament.

Later the lower house will weigh in on the next tranche of aid to Greece, plus a second Greek rescue package.

However, its leaders still drone on about the need to dissolve the lower house. They see that as their quickest route back to power.

These were approved by the lower house yesterday in an emergency session that cleared the way for Mr Berlusconi's departure.

In the lower house, the DPJ lacks the magic two-thirds majority that would have allowed it to bypass the upper house.

In accordance with the constitution, Mr Komorowski, the speaker of the Sejm (the lower house of parliament) is already acting president.

Burma's legislature has four hundred forty seats in the lower house and a two hundred twenty-four seat Senate.

It lacks enough votes in the lower house to override upper-house opposition to its legislation.

Since 2008, she had served as the spokeswoman for the Popular Party in the lower house of parliament.

On paper she has a powerful grip on the legislature, with over 70% of the lower-house and a majority of the senate backing her coalition.

The lower house is called the National Assembly and has 342 seats including reserved seats for religious and ethnic minorities and women.

When news reached the lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, scuffles broke out between government and opposition.

After that, while the MDC and its allies had a slim majority in the lower house of parliament, Zimbabwe's slide into ruin continued.

The Howard government the new asylum law, passed by the lower house last week, after a diplomatic dispute earlier this year with Indonesia.

Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso bites his finger as he attends the lower house budget committee in Tokyo Tuesday, Jan.

He fanned the Lower House into a blaze of resentment.

The lower house of congress had passed the new tax structure after adjusting it to include breaks for smaller farmers.

Indian politics traditionally turn on Uttar Pradesh, which contributes almost 90 seats to the lower house of the national parliament.

He is a six-term elected member of the lower house of the Diet and has served in prominent posts within the DPJ.

This week the lower house passed a bill proposing stiff fines for immigrants without papers and high charges for residency permits.

Pollsters say Labor may prevail by a few seats in the lower house.

Community image, the ultimate impact of the intangibles area, the lower house's reputation.

A majority of lawmakers in the lower house refused to vote. It appeared Mister Berlusconi had lost their support.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has won a critical confidence vote in both the Senate and the lower house of parliament.

The Senate passed the bill last week and sent it back to the lower house to approve minor amendments.

The annual budget needs simply to pass the lower house. But all sorts of supplementary bills need upper-house approval.

The speaker of the lower house of parliament was investigated this month for "misappropriating" $140m.

It has already passed the lower house, the National Assembly.

Kazakhstan has a bicameral Parliament, comprised of the lower house (the Mazhilis) and upper house (the Senate).

The lower house followed the senate in giving his government an overwhelming vote of confidence.

The PdL is still the biggest party in parliament, with around 250 of the 630 seats in the lower house.

In a legislative election in March his party won just five seats in the 102-seat Senate and only four in the lower house.

The bill is returned to the lower house later this morning and then sent off for royal assent, completing its transition into law.

Oleg Morozov is the first deputy speaker of the Russian Duma, the lower house of parliament.

over the new abortion proposals in the lower house tomorrow.

Voters will be electing members to the four provincial assemblies and the lower house of parliament.

Mr Berlusconi was forced out because he had lost his majority in the lower-house Chamber of Deputies.

The lower house, the National Assembly has already approved the package.

Preliminary results give the PDPT, led by Emomali Rakhmon, the president, 53 seats out of 63 in the lower house of parliament.

The DPJ is set to use its majority in the lower house to appoint him as premier to succeed Naoto Kan as soon as tomorrow.

The ruling party could even lose its majority in the lower house of parliament, starting a period of prolonged struggling.

Merkel's coalition can reject the compromise in the lower house, or Bundestag, which will debate the amended bill on July 8.

The Houses of Parliament consist of the House of Lords and House of Commons, which are also called the Upper House and the Lower House.

Voters in Pakistan are set to go to the polls Monday in elections for the lower house of parliament and the four provincial assemblies.

On Saturday they unveiled a six-party coalition government that controls more than 300 of the lower house's 480 seats.

He held the position until winning a seat in the lower house of the national parliament in 1993.

MPs from the three nominal opposition parties in the Duma, the lower house of parliament, staged a walkout in protest.

Labor won a majority in the lower House of Representatives in a 2007 election.

However the potential loss of the lower house to DPJ will create uncertainly for LPD to enact fiscal stimulus.

The lower house of the Italian parliament has approved a tough austerity package, which was passed on Thursday by the Senate.

The House of Representatives qualifies as the lower house because its 435 members are elected from districts based on population size.

In Monday's polls, voters elected 47 members of the lower house of parliament.

The lower house of Uruguay's Congress has voted to legalise abortion in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.

Lawmakers in the lower house of parliament voted for Merkel, with 323 of the 612 votes cast in favor, 285 against and four abstentions.

The House of Representatives, the lower house, passed the emissions-trading bill on June 4th.

If the historical pattern holds, it could win 130 seats in the lower house, and control 390 via its partners.

Another obstacle is that once the Senate approves the bill, it must return to the lower house for approval.

However, its leaders still drone on about the need to dissolve the lower house.

In 2003 the lower house of the advisory council was freely elected for the first time.

The plan authorizes ministers to draft a bill, which is expected to go to the Bundestag, the lower house of Parliament, this summer.

The 150 members of the Lower House (Tweede Kamer, or Second Chamber) are elected every four years in direct elections.

Under the Constitution, the lower house is more powerful and holds the final say.

This should have a smoother passage once it reaches the lower house.

The Senate is the one that matters: in the lower house, the government has a comfortable majority.

This week, after 18 years of dithering and doubts, the Duma (the lower house of parliament) voted to ratify WTO entry,

Power in the UK parliament rests with the lower house, known as the Commons

Railroad a bill through the Lower House

Deputy speaker of the lower house

The lower house of Japan's parliament