the idea. both as a way to cut spending and to increase transparency. the state also did away with party affiliations. candidates run without parties listed on the ballot, and committee chairs are elected by senate members rather than partisan caucus leaders. norris added one more wrinkle. he made is so every single bill is entitled to a public hearing, a system that still exists today. does it work? in in 1935, the last bicameral session, they passed 192 bills that cost $202,000 at the time. the first u.n. cameral session passed 214 bills at a cost of $103,000. hmm, it looks like it worked that first year. over the years several states have considered the idea of switching, but it s never panned out. one noble evidence came from jesse ventura. he couldn t get the idea out of a committee.