the parliament

• made up of two houses: the Reichstag and the Reichsrat
• normally, all laws and to pass through both houses
• proportional representation
• reichstag

  • the more powerful of the two houses
  • controlled taxation
  • directly elected by the people at least once every four years
• reichstrat

  • also elected every four Years
  • however, it represented the regions of Germany
  • each region sent a certain number of representatives depending on its size