Senate

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The Senate is the appointed upper chamber of Jordan's bicameral National Assembly, responsible for reviewing and approving legislation passed by the elected lower house.

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instanceOf chamber of parliament
upper house of parliament
alsoKnownAs Jordanian Senate NERFINISHED
Majlis al-Aayan NERFINISHED
appliesTo national legislation of Jordan
appointmentAuthority King of Jordan NERFINISHED
canAmend bills passed by the House of Representatives of Jordan
canApprove bills passed by the House of Representatives of Jordan
canReject bills passed by the House of Representatives of Jordan
compositionMethod appointed
constitutionalStatus constitutionally established chamber
country Jordan
governmentTypeContext constitutional monarchy of Jordan
hasFunction acting as a revising chamber
participating in the legislative process
providing legislative oversight
hasHouseType upper house
hasJurisdiction Kingdom of Jordan NERFINISHED
hasLegislativeFunction law approval
law review
hasMemberTitle Senator
hasOfficialNameInArabic مجلس الأعيان الأردني NERFINISHED
hasRole upper chamber
hasTypeOfMembership appointed members
hasVotingSystem internal majority voting among senators
headedBy President of the Senate of Jordan NERFINISHED
isBicameralPartnerOf House of Representatives of Jordan NERFINISHED
isOneOfChambersOf Jordanian Parliament NERFINISHED
languageUsed Arabic
legalSystem Jordanian constitutional framework
legislativeBodyOf Jordan NERFINISHED
legislatureName National Assembly of Jordan NERFINISHED
lowerHouse House of Representatives of Jordan NERFINISHED
meetsIn Amman NERFINISHED
Jordanian Parliament building NERFINISHED
partOf National Assembly of Jordan NERFINISHED
partOfGovernmentBranch legislative branch of Jordan
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Senate NERFINISHED
relatedTo Monarchy of Jordan NERFINISHED
relationshipToLowerHouse reviews and approves laws passed by the elected lower house
responsibleFor approving legislation passed by the House of Representatives of Jordan
reviewing legislation passed by the House of Representatives of Jordan
selectionMethod appointment by the King of Jordan
sharesLegislativePowerWith House of Representatives of Jordan NERFINISHED

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