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Many of the world's democratic governments are based on
a system of representation in which the power to make
decisions is shared between two or more elected
assemblies. The United States - with its Senate and
House of Representatives - is just one example.
The British system is both similar to these governments -
and very different. Similar because it does have two
assemblies - the Commons and the Lords...