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Sejm - definition and meaning
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proper noun The lower house of the Polish parliament .
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From Polish.
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Hmm, the Sejm is kind of akin to a Senator’s hold on legislation or nominees.
Matthew Yglesias » The Fall of Poland 2010
He refused to call the Sejm between 1820 and 1825.
b. Poland 2001
Polish legislature or "Sejm " in the 17th and 18th centuries operated by consensus.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009
The [[History of Poland | Polish legislature]] or "Sejm " in the 17th and 18th centuries operated by consensus.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009
It was, in fact, a “Great Sejm ” — constitutional convention, in effect — bent on reforming the Polish political system that prompted the final invasion and partition of the country, as its neighbors could not abide an effective government in Warsaw.
Matthew Yglesias » Endgame 2010
Even in the Polish parliament, where such a rule prevailed for the century before Poland vanished from the map of Europe, the victim of minority sabotage, the member of the Sejm who wished to object had to identify himself!
Carl Pope: Fix the Senate? Not Yet Carl Pope 2011
The Senate now is pretty close to a replica of the eighteenth century Polish Sejm .
Matthew Yglesias » The Filibuster Was Never a Good Idea 2010
Even in the Polish parliament, where such a rule prevailed for the century before Poland vanished from the map of Europe, the victim of minority sabotage, the member of the Sejm who wished to object had to identify himself!
Carl Pope: Fix the Senate? Not Yet Carl Pope 2011
The Senate now is pretty close to a replica of the eighteenth century Polish Sejm .
Matthew Yglesias » The Filibuster Was Never a Good Idea 2010
The Sejm was inspired by the French Revolution, itself inspired by ours.
Matthew Yglesias » Endgame 2010
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