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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-27-08 07:39 PM Original message |
I heard a really intriguing fact in the roll call vote today. Nebraska has a unicameral legistlature |
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colorado thinker (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-27-08 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. And . . . what the heck is it? |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-27-08 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yep, it's been a unicameral since the 1930s. |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-27-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Huh? Unicameral means there is no separate house and senate... |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-27-08 08:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. It's non-partisan. |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. You might want to read it yourself. You seem to mingle two unrelated aspects. |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. What part of "It is unique in that it is the only American state legislature that is unicameral and |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. What part of the word "and" is giving you trouble? |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-27-08 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. They've had that system for ages. |
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Dissent Is Patriotic (793 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-27-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. My understanding is that they do it because their population is so low. n/t |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-27-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. No, they did it because they couldn't get anything done. |
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classof56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-27-08 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. Nebraska is unicameral. All other states are bicameral. |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-27-08 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. All that means is ONE CHAMBER ... not State House and Senate |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-27-08 07:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. one of the many bits of governmental trivia learned when civics was actually required |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-27-08 08:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I thank God I lived in California under both Browns as governor |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-27-08 08:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. It is, in fact, intended to be non-partisan. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
15. Is that a camel with one hump? |
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