bicameral

adjective

bi·cam·er·al | \ (ˌ)bī-ˈkam-rəl

, -ˈka-mə-\

Definition of bicameral

government : having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber entry 1 sense 4a) a bicameral legislature comprised of the House of Representatives and the Senate

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Air Force One transported Bush’s coffin from Houston on Monday, and a bicameral arrival ceremony will be held at the US Capitol at 5 pm. — Rachel Withers, Vox, "George H.W. Bush’s state funeral arrangements: what we know," 3 Dec. 2018 But 10 years later, the bipartisan, bicameral College Transparency Act (CTA) provides a sensible path forward for doing so. — Alison Griffin, Washington Post, "Congress needs to lift restrictions on collecting college student data," 14 June 2018 The October 2002 resolution received a resounding bicameral majority on October 3, 2002. — Kate Keller, Smithsonian, "An Unlikely Hardliner, George H. W. Bush Was Ready to Push Presidential Powers," 14 May 2018 This is a serious piece of bipartisan, bicameral national security legislation drafted in consultation with Cfius member agencies, Treasury, Defense, Justice, the military and the intelligence community. — WSJ, "Tech Export Review Is Completely Inadequate," 25 Mar. 2018 But Congress is a bicameral legislature, and the House deserves an opportunity to improve on the Senate’s work. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "The Art of a Banking Compromise," 16 Mar. 2018 The sale comes on the heels of the Japanese National Diet's approval of a plan to build an Aegis Ashore missile defense system (the National Diet is Japan's parliamentary-style bicameral legislature). — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, "Japan to get latest Aegis ballistic missile interceptors from US," 10 Jan. 2018 Bipartisan, bicameral negotiations have been underway for months. — Time, "Blame Game Continues as Senate Tries to Reach Shutdown Compromise," 21 Jan. 2018 There remain a lot of moving parts in bicameral efforts to provide a stopgap funding bill for federal programs and agencies and avoid a government shutdown, which would otherwise begin at midnight on Friday. — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, "Temporary Spending Bill To Include Temporary Funding for CHIP," 21 Dec. 2017

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