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that this is precisely the situation that does not exist
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in Nebraska. There is not a close relationship between the
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executive elected as a Democrat or Republican and the so-
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called partisan legislators, each of which is a king
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unto himself, in his own domain. I question that claim.
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DR. MICHENER: Not to pursue this any further,
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since we will take it up later, the other big rebuttal that
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the unicameralists make to the arguments against it ad-
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vanced by the bicameralists relates to the question of the
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need for a second review.
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Unicameralists, not so much in this country as
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in European countries, have said if you want a review, we
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can still give it. We can set aside a portion of our
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members as a reviewing body. Let them have independent
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review, but have an over-all decision made by a vote of
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the legislature as a whole. So that you have a review
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within the confines of a unicameral system.
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So far as I know, this has not been done in the
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United States or in Nebraska. In fact, I know it hasn't
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been done. Most of the Canadian provinces have unicameral
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legislatures and, as far as I know, they have not adopted
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