Role
The Senate was intended to act as a revising chamber, scrutinizing and amending bills which had been passed by the House of Representatives. The model for the Senate's role was the House of Lords in the United Kingdom.
All Parliamentary Bills other than Money (finance) Bills could originate in the Senate. The Senate couldn't reject or amend or delay beyond one month a Money Bill. If any other Bill, that had been passed twice by the House of Representatives, is rejected by the Senate twice it was deemed to have been passed by both chambers.
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