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Maine House Endorses Plan for Unicameral Legislature
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| Contributor | karin1492 |
| Last Edited | karin1492 Jun 09, 2009 02:33pm |
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| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| News Date | Tuesday, June 9, 2009 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | After voting to shrink itself, the Maine House has now endorsed a plan to replace itself, and the State Senate, with so-called unicameral Legislature that would merge both chambers into one body.
That one body would contain the same number of members that the House currently contains, 151. The Senate now has 35 members.
Supporters say the constitutional change would save the state millions of dollars during a typical, two-year legislative session, and improve the Legislature's efficiency. But opponents say a unicameral Legislature lacks checks and balances.
The only other unicameral Legislature in the nation is Nebraska's, which merged its two chambers in 1937. |
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