the Upper House

基本解释

The bicameral Commonwealth Parliament consists of the Queen, the Senate (the upper house) of 76 senators, and a House of Representatives (the lower house) of 150 members.
兩院制的聯邦議會包括女王，蓡議院（上議院）有76個蓡議員，衆議院（下議院）有150個成員。
What authority Mr Abe can muster, it is suggested, will dwindle as defeat looms for his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in next July's elections for the upper house.
這些說法暗示道，安倍麾下的自由民主黨（LDP）將在明年七月份擧行的上議院選擧中失利，安倍的威信也將隨之下降。
Last year her government lost its majority in the Bundesrat, the upper house of parliament, which represents the states.
去年她的政府即丟掉了聯邦蓡議院大部分選票，而聯邦蓡議院基本代表了這個州。

The bill faces strong opposition in the Senate. The upper house of Congress is not expected to take up the issue until September.
When Japanese lawmaker Kan Suzuki was elected to the Upper House eight years ago, he knew he wanted to take his political discussion to the Web.
The members of Somaliland's Lower House of Parliament introduced a motion to impeach the president this weekend, which if successfully passed by the majority would require a two-thirds vote in the Upper House of Parliament to finish the impeachment.

Prime Minister Noda now needs to get the tax rise through the Upper House.
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