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Iowa Senate District 17
The 17th District of the Iowa Senate is located in southern Iowa, and is currently composed of Polk County. Current elected officials Tony Bisignano is the senator currently representing the 17th District. The area of the 17th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts: *The 33rd District (represented by Brian Meyer) *The 34th District (represented by Bruce Hunter) The district is also located in Iowa's 3rd congressional district, which is represented by Cindy Axne. Past senators The district has previously been represented by: * Joseph J. Welsh, 1983–1994 * Thomas Flynn, 1995–2002 * Wally Horn, 2003–2012 *Jack Hatch, 2013–2014 *Tony Bisignano Tony Bisignano (born May 14, 1952) is an American politician and state senator from the state of Iowa. Bisignano first served in the Iowa House from 1987 to 1993, and then in the Senate from 1993 to 1997. He was reelected in 2014. Biography ..., 2015–present See also * Iowa General Assemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper House
An upper house is one of two Debate chamber, chambers of a bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house.''Bicameralism'' (1997) by George Tsebelis The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller and often has more restricted power than the lower house. A legislature composed of only one house (and which therefore has neither an upper house nor a lower house) is described as Unicameralism, unicameral. Definite specific characteristics An upper house is usually different from the lower house in at least one of the following respects (though they vary among jurisdictions): Powers: *In a parliamentary system, it often has much less power than the lower house. Therefore, in certain countries the upper house **votes on only limited legislative matters, such as constitutional amendments, **cannot initiate most kinds of legislation, especially those pertaining to supply/money, fiscal policy **cannot vote a motion of no confidence again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
