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bicameralism  

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  • Bicameralism refers to a legislature that has two houses or chambers (bi means “two,” and the Latin word camera means “chamber”). Thus, the U.S. Congress is bicameral because it consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate. [Source: Political Encyclopedia of U.S. States and Regions; Bicameralism]

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