House of Representatives
The House of Representatives is an organ of the legislature . It usually refers to the lower house in a parliament that consists of two chambers . The House of Lords is often called the Senate in this case . However, there are also countries in which the parliament consists of only one chamber and is known as the House of Representatives.
There are both representative democracies and constitutional monarchies that have a House of Representatives.
The bicameral system serves as a mutual corrective for the decisions of parliament.
In the Federal Republic of Germany, the Bundestag and Bundesrat take on this function in a comparable manner . However, only the Bundestag forms parliament, while the Bundesrat, as the representation of the federal states, is not a chamber of parliament.
A House of Representatives can be found in the constitution of the following states:
- Ethiopia - see People's House of Representatives
- Antigua and Barbuda - see House of Representatives (Antigua and Barbuda)
- Australia - see Australian House of Representatives
- Belize - see House of Representatives (Belize)
- Gambia in the constitution until 1994
- Grenada - see House of Representatives (Grenada)
- Indonesia
- Ireland - see Dáil Éireann
- Jamaica - see House of Representatives (Jamaica)
- Japan - see Shūgiin
- Colombia - see House of Representatives (Colombia) ( Cámara de Representantes )
- Liberia - see House of Representatives (Liberia)
- Malaysia - see Dewan Rakyat
- Malta - see House of Representatives (Malta)
- Myanmar - see House of Representatives (Burma)
- Nepal
- New Zealand - see House of Representatives (New Zealand)
- Nigeria - see House of Representatives (Nigeria)
- Philippines - see House of Representatives (Philippines)
- Sierra Leone - see Parliament (Sierra Leone)
- Somaliland
- Thailand - see House of Representatives (Thailand)
- Trinidad and Tobago - see House of Representatives (Trinidad and Tobago)
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United States - see United States House of Representatives
- The American states also have a legislature called a House of Representatives.
- Belarus - see House of Representatives (Belarus)
- Cyprus - see House of Representatives (Cyprus)
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