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is extremely slight.

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A study was made some years ago of the Maryland

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situation to check what actually happens on the floor as

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compared to what the committees have brought in and the

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amount of change in legislation which comes about on the

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floor of the house or senate is relatively negligible.

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So that they accept the committee report. If they accept

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a committee report of a joint committee, then they have

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gotten rid of their claim that they get a new and fresh

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look at it.

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THE CHAIRMAN: All right.

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DR. MICHENER: Another attack was made on

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bicameralism is the fact that with two houses you get

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rivalry between them, and I cited here it is well known

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and a recent example was between the house and senate

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appropriations committee, where the Federal propositions

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were held up for a number of days because the two chairmen

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couldn't agree as to which side they were going to sit on.

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One of the serious objections to bicameralism

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is the two chambers, conference committee, prevents the

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electorate from knowing who was actually responsible for