Nebraska is pretty wack as it is. I used to hang out with some guys in Omaha when i lived in West Iowa. they took pride in their senator being voted dumbest in the nation. i've been reading about the state legislature in nebraska it is the only unicameral legislature in the country. it was set up in 1934, through a constitutional amendment that dissolved the House and granted all the powers to the Senate. the pusher, George Norris, argued that a bicameral system was based on the British House of Lords and was undemocratic. as this was during the Depression the desire to cut costs also played into the unicameral plan. it was pointless to have two bodies doing the same thing and also a waist of money. some nerdy information is that the Senators serve for 4 years. ½ of the seats are up for election every 2nd year. they earn $12,000/yr. and are elected in nonpartisan elections with one nonpartisan primary that picks top two to run in the general election. i should put quotations around the word nonpartisan. unofficially the Senate is overwhelmingly republican. oh, and their sessions run 90 working days in odd-numbered years and 60 working days in even-numbered years. this leaves time for running for reelection.
class dismissed.
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