Twenty members of the upper house were elected, earlier this year.

20名上院议员已在今年早些时候选出。

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The next election to the House of Councillors (the upper house) is due in mid-2010.

下一届参议院（上议院）的选举定于2010年中期。

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The reason is the loss by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in summer elections of the upper house of the Diet (parliament).

原因就是自民党在上议院夏季选举中失利。

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The bill faces strong opposition in the Senate. The upper house of Congress is not expected to take up the issue until September.

VOA: standard.2010.07.31

When Japanese lawmaker Kan Suzuki was elected to the Upper House eight years ago, he knew he wanted to take his political discussion to the Web.

VOA: standard.2009.07.27

The members of Somaliland's Lower House of Parliament introduced a motion to impeach the president this weekend, which if successfully passed by the majority would require a two-thirds vote in the Upper House of Parliament to finish the impeachment.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

Prime Minister Noda now needs to get the tax rise through the Upper House.

FORBES: For PM Noda: A Week of Political Drama and the Challenge Ahead

The upper house cleared Mr Kuroda after he won approval from the lower house on Thursday.

BBC: Haruhiko Kuroda

In 1866, The Danish constitution was altered in favor of the king and the upper house.

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