The role of parliament in society is to express the will of the people, pass laws and influence the processes of managing the budget, taxes and global changes in the country. The Russian Parliament consists of two chambers - the upper and lower, having different tasks in the legislative process.
Instruction manual
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In a country where separation of powers is envisaged, parliament is one of the branches of government. There are three of them: legislative, executive and judicial. Parliament is the legislature, because only its representatives have the right to put forward for discussion and adopt laws. Parliament is a representative body, that is, parliamentarians represent the people of the country, its inhabitants, express their will and interests. Moreover, the parliament, in contrast to the local authorities, represents the interests not of some part of the population, say, of a region or city, but of the will of the whole nation.
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Being a national legislative body, the parliament does not solve private and secondary problems, but takes an active part in important issues of society, fixing legislatively global changes in the country. The parliament not only puts forward for discussion and adopts laws and amendments to them, but also adopts the state budget, monitors its means, sets taxes, sets the terms and rules for the election of the highest officials of the state, for example, the president, government, the rules for the approval of ministers and prime ministers Minister, election of judges.
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The special role of the parliament can be noted in the issue of impeachment of the incumbent president, a vote of no confidence in the government, the appointment of an amnesty, the holding of international agreements, the declaration of war, and the establishment of peace.
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Most parliaments of the world have a division into two houses - the upper and lower. The laws of modern democracy require that at least one of the chambers of the parliament be elected, that is, it contains representatives who were chosen by the country's population in different regions. Members of the lower house of parliament are called deputies; members of the upper house are called senators.
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In the Russian Federation, the parliament is called the Federal Assembly and consists of two chambers. The Federation Council is the upper house of parliament; the State Duma is the lower house of parliament. The Federation Council consists of 170 appointed senators (two from each subject of the federation), while the State Duma consists of 450 elected deputies.
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The idea of dividing the parliament into two houses is to pass laws in several stages. First, bills are put forward and debated by the lower house of parliament, sometimes passing through several readings. If the law is adopted by the lower house of parliament, it often needs to be approved in the upper house, only after that the law can be considered adopted and enter into force. The upper house of parliament has the right to intervene in the legislative process only if the bill amends the country's constitution.
