Prime Minister Noda now needs to get the tax rise through the Upper House.
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The upper house cleared Mr Kuroda after he won approval from the lower house on Thursday.
In 1866, The Danish constitution was altered in favor of the king and the upper house.
This kicks off a bit of a benefits theme in the upper house, this week.
The upper house, the Senate, backed the bill by 177 votes to 151 on Tuesday.
To win over the upper house, he will have to make concessions to the right.
Meanwhile, in Cairo, clashes extended to areas around the Shura Council, the upper house of parliament.
Nonetheless enough will struggle across the finish line to give Republicans control of the upper house.
In the Rajya Sabha, the upper house, MPs also demanded strict action against rapists.
The upper house still, somewhat incredibly, contains 92 hereditary peers, alongside the mass of appointed ones.
The Indian government appointed him a member of the upper house of parliament in Delhi.
This has passed the lower house but will be delayed by the upper house.
The motion will now pass to the upper house, where it is expected to be resoundingly approved.
As a by-product, the upper house of parliament has voted to dismiss the justice minister, Monica Macovei.
The changes would also stop convicted criminals such as Lord Archer from sitting in the upper house.
Given Mr Blair's vast Commons majority, an effective check from the upper house is more necessary than ever.
Margaret, or Lady T as we all called her after her elevation to the Upper House, loved America.
Nor is there danger of gridlock if the powers of the upper house are to remain closely circumscribed.
Though not as important as the lower house, the upper house can cause frustrating delays and dilute policy.
The Social Democrats helped create the jam in Bonn by blocking legislation in the Bundesrat, the upper house.
Legislation for it is stuck in the Senate, the upper house of parliament, where Labor lacks a majority.
The Senate, the upper house of the Irish parliament, approved the anti-terror bill without a vote on Thursday evening.
Mr Bersani's Democratic Party narrowly won the elections last month but lacks the upper house majority needed to govern.
He says that the upper house's existing powers are more or less appropriate.
The PPP will gain a majority in the upper house, enabling it to block legislation for years to come.
Mr Berlusconi's centre-right coalition is the second biggest bloc in the upper house.
But the reform package has ground to a halt in the upper house.
His brief, says Mr Hatoyama, is to oversee the 2010 election for the upper house of the Diet (parliament).
Besides, the upper house is being less disruptive than this week's headlines suggest.
On February 2nd, with the opposition seats empty, the ruling coalition put the bill through the upper house .
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