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  1.  
  2.  
  3. Many of the world's democratic governments are based on
  4. a system of representation in which the power to make
  5. decisions is shared between two or more elected
  6. assemblies. The United States - with its Senate and
  7. House of Representatives - is just one example.
  8.  
  9. The British system is both similar to these governments -
  10. and very different. Similar because it does have two
  11. assemblies - the Commons and the Lords...