State Duma that were substantially plagiarized and likely ghostwritten. The State Duma has special powers enumerated by the Constitution of Russia. They are: The State Duma adopts decrees on issues relating to its authority by the Constitution of the Russian Federation. Decrees of the State Duma are adopted by a majority of the total number of deputies of the State Duma, unless another procedure is envisaged by the Constitution. All bills are first approved by the State Duma and are further debated and approved (or rejected) by the Federation Council. Relatively few roll call votes have been published that identify individual deputies'
3rd State Duma corresponding changes in the State Duma. In April 2002, the newly formed majority of the State Duma cleaned house and deprived the Communists of the benefits they received at the beginning. They were deprived of the majority of management positions. This caused a crisis within the Communist Party faction - Chairman of the State Duma Gennady Seleznyov, as well as heads of two committees (Svetlana Goryacheva and Nikolai Gubenko) chose to leave the faction, and to keep their positions. 28 committees operated in the State Duma at the 3rd convocation. 3rd State Duma The State Duma of the Federal Assembly