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in language not exactly duplicated in either of the bills

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that came through either house, and there is no chance to

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amend this afterwards.

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So, then the legislators vote for the bill and

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they say, I had to vote for it. It was either this or

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nothing. This is not true, unicameralists say, with a

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unicameral legislature. There the legislator is publicly

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accountable for his vote and he has to defend it on, the

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ground of its merits, not that he had to take it or leave

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it, or so on, and if he votes consistently in line with a

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lobbyist, this will soon become obvious.

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MR. SCANLAN: I notice a. sentence here, "It is

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not uncommon for a Nebraskan legislator to denounce a

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lobbyist by name on the floor of the house. " We have had

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that experience in Maryland. I don't think that is any

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particular virtue of the legislators in a unicameral

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system.

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DR. WHEELER: I think there is an obvious argu-

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ment behind this often made in the defense of unicameralism,

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which is simply, this is a more simple structure and more

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easy to keep your eye on things. For example, I suppose,