Is the senate the upper house or lower house?

Answer 1

The lower house is usually the House of Representatives. When a bill is first introduced, read by everyone in the house and placed on the agenda for the next session, the bill is then debated, scrutinized and requesting for amendments in the lower house.

When the bill is accepted through the House of Representatives (lower house), the bill is then passed on to the upper house (Senate House) and further debated upon. If the majority of seats in the Senate House belongs to the Government Party, the bill can be easily passed through. If the majority of seats belongs to the Opposition, the passing of the bill might get complicated. The debating of passing the bill is pursued and voted upon. If the bill needs amendments, it'll be passed back to the lower house and the entire process is repeated until the bill is passed to both the houses (bicameral legislature)

Easy to say, the lower house is where the Prime Minister lives and where most the heat begins, and the upper house has the authority to refuse the bill and knock it back.

Answer 2

When Congress met in the Pennsylvania State House to discuss the forming of the Constutution, the Representatives met on the first floor and the Senators met on the second floor. This building is now known as Independence Hall in Philadelphia. The terms "lower house" and "upper house" continue to this day.

Answer 3

The Senate is usually considered the upper house in bicameral legislatures, while the lower house is typically the House of Representatives or similar. In the United States, for example, the Senate is the upper house and the House of Representatives is the lower house.

Answer 4

The US Senate is the upper house, and the House of Representatives is the lower house.

Answer 5

The U.S. Senate is the upper house of the U.S. federal government.

Answer 6

The Senate is the upper house.