the Upper House

基本解释

The bicameral Commonwealth Parliament consists of the Queen, the Senate (the upper house) of 76 senators, and a House of Representatives (the lower house) of 150 members.
两院制的联邦议会包括女王，参议院（上议院）有76个参议员，众议院（下议院）有150个成员。
What authority Mr Abe can muster, it is suggested, will dwindle as defeat looms for his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in next July's elections for the upper house.
这些说法暗示道，安倍麾下的自由民主党（LDP）将在明年七月份举行的上议院选举中失利，安倍的威信也将随之下降。
Last year her government lost its majority in the Bundesrat, the upper house of parliament, which represents the states.
去年她的政府即丢掉了联邦参议院大部分选票，而联邦参议院基本代表了这个州。

The bill faces strong opposition in the Senate. The upper house of Congress is not expected to take up the issue until September.
When Japanese lawmaker Kan Suzuki was elected to the Upper House eight years ago, he knew he wanted to take his political discussion to the Web.
The members of Somaliland's Lower House of Parliament introduced a motion to impeach the president this weekend, which if successfully passed by the majority would require a two-thirds vote in the Upper House of Parliament to finish the impeachment.

Prime Minister Noda now needs to get the tax rise through the Upper House.
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