Bicameral means that there are two houses or chambers. If the legislature had three houses or chambers, it would be called tricameral.
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yes, it is bicameral, meaning it has two houses. One being the legislature and the other the executive.
Bicameral means to have two branches, but only within a legislative body example: US Legislature made of senate & house of reps
A bicameral legislature is a government that consists of two chambers or houses in the legislative branch (such as the senate and house of representatives in U.S. government)
Congress is called a bicameral legislature because it has two houses (House of Representatives-(435 members) and The Senate (100 members)
A bicameral legislature is a government assembly with two chambers or houses. In the United States, the two chambers are the Senate, with an equal number of members representing each state, and the House, with the number of members being proportionate to the states' populations. Having two chambers set up gives two opinions on legislation, though critics argue it leads to political deadlock.
A bicameral legislature, by definiton, meets once every two years.