Nebraska Legislature

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The Nebraska Legislature (also called the Unicameral) is the legislature of the U.S. state of Nebraska. The legislature meets at the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln. With 49 members, known as "senators", the Nebraska Legislature is the smallest U.S. state legislature. A total of 25 members is required for a majority; however, in order to overcome a filibuster, a two-thirds vote of all members is required, which takes 33 votes. Unlike the legislatures of the other 49 U.S. states and the U.S. Congress, the Nebraska Legislature is unicameral, a structure the state adopted in 1937. It is also nonpartisan in that members are elected in nonpartisan elections, and the Legislature does not officially recognize its members' political party affiliation or maintain a formal partisan leadership structure. All 49 members elect, by secret ballot, the Legislature's officers (except the lieutenant governor, who serves as President of the Legislature) and committee chairs with the aim of ensuring lawmakers...

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