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it is more representative, you have a more representative

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system under unicameralism. There are some statistics

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on Nebraska. I don't know for certain -- I think they

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do, myself.

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You get into the argument here basically as to

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whether you have a more representative legislature if you

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have more members or fewer members. This is the basic

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question involved here and you can make arguments either

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way on that. We have already calked a little bit about

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the quality of the enactment of legislation, one of the

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claims made for unicameralism. I won't go into that any

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further.

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Another claim that is made, and this one seems

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to be fairly factual, is that with unicameralism you have

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no legislator introducing bills just for the sake of

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pleasing a constituent with the full expectation it will

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never be considered or never considered in the other house.

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So that with unicameralism, there is a marked decrease in

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the number of bills and, of course, of the number that

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are finally enacted, the proportion is higher that finally

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became law.