. Modern and contemporary European history (1815-1921). >r with the conof the Bundesrat. According to the Constitution, all imperiallaws must have tl i at ^\ the Reichst g. But it does not follow from this that it is a legislature like the AmericanHoum of Representatives, which shapes law- to it- liking,or a parliament like the British House of Commons, onwhich the Government of the i\ay i- dependent for its nee. Although the Reichstag ha- the right to initiatelegislation, it seldom does so; that is left t the BundesratA adopted by the Bundesrat i- Bent t-> tin- Reichst which ma\ .

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. Modern and contemporary European history (1815-1921). >r with the conof the Bundesrat. According to the Constitution, all imperiallaws must have tl i at ^\ the Reichst g. But it does not follow from this that it is a legislature like the AmericanHoum of Representatives, which shapes law- to it- liking,or a parliament like the British House of Commons, onwhich the Government of the i\ay i- dependent for its nee. Although the Reichstag ha- the right to initiatelegislation, it seldom does so; that is left t the BundesratA adopted by the Bundesrat i- Bent t-> tin- Reichst which ma\ . am :id. or reject it. Il ted, the hill becomes law; if it i- amended, it goes back to theBundesrat, which ha- the first and last word in .ill legisla-tion; if the bill fail-, the status quo i ontinues, for the Cabinetdoes not resign as in England under Bimilar circumstaniA- the power of the Reichstag is negative, it- chief functionis that of criticism, which it very freely . • ften to the embarrassment of the Government it serves chiefly as. W E S\T Mariehbikg Kulm ^.v s{rasburg J j

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