Andreas Johansson wrote:
> > Well, as Joe said, France is a presidential system and has a parliament. My
> > understanding is that "congress" and "parliament" are just two different
> > words for the same thing: "a legislative body composed of two houses".
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> Where did the bicamerality requirement come from? I've repeatedly seen the
> (unicameral) Swedish _riksdag_, or Diet_, refered to as a "parliament" in
> English. The European Parliament is also unicameral.
The Continental Congress of the American Revolution, and the "United
States in Congress Assembled" of the Articles of Confederation were also
unicameral, so certainly bicamerality isn't a requirement for "congress"
either.