What Is a Two Chamber Legislature?

A bicameral legislature

is comprised of two chambers, often described as the lower house and the upper house. ... Upper chambers tend to be the smaller of the two legislative bodies. Members of upper houses customarily serve longer terms, but frequently possess less power than their lower chamber counterparts.

Why does legislature have two chambers?

To balance the interests of both the small and large states, the Framers of the Constitution divided the power of Congress between the two houses. Every state has an equal voice in the Senate, while representation in the House of Representatives is based on the size of each state's population.

What are the 2 chambers in government?

The New South Wales Parliament is a bicameral Parliament, comprising two separate Houses: the Legislative Assembly, or lower House; and the Legislative Council, or upper House.