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the final version of the bill and knowing who they should

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hold accountable; that the bills pass the houses in two

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different forms. It goes to conference. Everyone may be

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in favor of it and yet the result may be undesirable and

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the legislators in their various and conflicting roles are

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not accountable to the people. A voter cannot say, you

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did it, you voted and it was your vote that carried it or

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it went the other way. There is a confusion of roles of

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responsibility and that this is undesirable and then, of

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course, they make the claim that in unicameralism you have

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clear accountability.

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Then they go through a whole series of claims

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for the positive merits of unicameralism; that it's more

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efficient, the bills get through, progress at an even pace.

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The peak of the legislation comes at the mid-point of the

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session, not the end of the session. So that it is a more

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efficient system that gives more individual consideration

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to the particular bills. You have, as a result, also a

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higher quality of legislation.

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I won't go into the question whether the legis-

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lators have higher prestige. This is claimed. A claim is