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The Legislative Council of New Cambria is the upper house of the bicameral General Assembly of New Cambria, commonly called the Parliament. The lower house is the House of Assembly. Unlike the House of Assembly, the Senate is not directly elected, but rather consists of 40 members, called MLCs, who are indirectly elected and appointed by various methods. The Legislative Council is modeled after the British House of Lords, and is intended to play a deliberative and revising role in shaping legislation. Thus, its powers are much weaker than those of the House of Assembly, and it can only delay laws with which it disagrees, rather than veto them outright.

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rdfs:comment	The Legislative Council of New Cambria is the upper house of the bicameral General Assembly of New Cambria, commonly called the Parliament. The lower house is the House of Assembly. Unlike the House of Assembly, the Senate is not directly elected, but rather consists of 40 members, called MLCs, who are indirectly elected and appointed by various methods. The Legislative Council is modeled after the British House of Lords, and is intended to play a deliberative and revising role in shaping legislation. Thus, its powers are much weaker than those of the House of Assembly, and it can only delay laws with which it disagrees, rather than veto them outright.
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abstract	The Legislative Council of New Cambria is the upper house of the bicameral General Assembly of New Cambria, commonly called the Parliament. The lower house is the House of Assembly. Unlike the House of Assembly, the Senate is not directly elected, but rather consists of 40 members, called MLCs, who are indirectly elected and appointed by various methods. The Legislative Council is modeled after the British House of Lords, and is intended to play a deliberative and revising role in shaping legislation. Thus, its powers are much weaker than those of the House of Assembly, and it can only delay laws with which it disagrees, rather than veto them outright. The main business of the Legislative Council is the revising of legislation approved by the House of Assembly. The Legislative Council can initiate legislation, but its legislative role is limited in that it cannot initiate financial legislation, and it cannot amend, though it can reject outright, financial legislation sent to it by the House of Assembly. The fact that a bill approved by the House of Assembly must also be debated and approved in the Legislative Council is a safeguard against legislation being enacted too quickly. However, the Legislative Council cannot indefinitely delay legislation which has already been passed by the House of Assembly. In addition to its legislative role, the Legislative Council also frequently debates important issues, called matters of public importance. The government of the day must maintain the support of the House of Assembly, but does not require such support from the Legislative Council, which allows MLCs greater freedom in debating these matters because the fate of the government will not be at stake.

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