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The Legislature meets at the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln. With 49 members, known as "senators", [3] the Nebraska Legislature is the smallest U.S. state legislature. A total of 25 members is required for a majority; however, in order to overcome a filibuster, a two-thirds vote of all members is required, which takes 33 votes. [4] Unlike ...
The Nebraska Legislature (also called the Unicameral) [4] is the unicameral state legislature of the state of Nebraska. Its members are called "senators", as it was originally the upper house of a bicameral legislature until the Nebraska House of Representatives was dissolved in 1937.
The Nebraska Constitution is the basic governing document of the U.S. state of Nebraska. All acts of the Nebraska Legislature, the governor, and each governmental agency are subordinate to it. The constitution has been amended 228 times since it was first adopted in 1875, most notably to include the creation of a unicameral legislature.
The agencies' refusal to cooperate with the Legislature's oversight office was met with fury from Democratic lawmakers in the officially nonpartisan Nebraska Legislature who noted that an attorney ...
LINCOLN — Conservatives in the Nebraska Legislature appear poised to wrest a partisan advantage on all but one legislative committee for the next two years, moving two Lincoln Democrats off a ...
Nebraska originally had a bicameral legislature like the other states, but the lower house was abolished following a referendum, effective with the 1936 elections. The remaining unicameral (one-chamber) legislature is called the Nebraska Legislature , but its members are called state senators.
State Legislature (technically non-partisan since 1937) State delegation to the U.S. Senate; State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives (including non-voting delegate) For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
The legislative branch of the U.S. states consists of state legislatures. Every state except for Nebraska has a bicameral legislature, meaning it comprises two chambers. The unicameral Nebraska Legislature is commonly called the "Senate", and its members are officially called "Senators".