June 11: The first-round of the lower house legislative elections take place.

The lower house of parliament will discuss the deal on September 11.

However, the lower house is challenging the very heart of the reform.

Members of the lower house of parliament will vote on Akhmetov's nomination.

Russia's lower house of parliament has confirmed Vladimir Putin as prime minister.

It was passed unanimously today in the country's lower house of parliament.

Those four parties had dominated the last State Duma, the lower house.

A clear majority of lawmakers in the lower house backed the bill.

The lower house election is split into three stages according to region.

June 8 - Swiss lower house rejects Swiss-U.S. tax deal over UBS.

She was first elected to the lower house of parliament in 2000.

The electoral bill still must be voted on by the lower house.

With Democrats ruling the lower house, that seems highly unlikely to happen.

It will now become law, having been approved by the lower house.

Democrats control the state's legislature's lower house, and Republicans control the Senate.

The lower house voted on Tuesday to summon him for an explanation.