1.   When the legislature votes no confidence in the cabinet or defeats it on a major bill, the cabinet usually resigns.

2.   And if the Duma votes no confidence, the government could disband Parliament and call for new elections.

3.   It could also let the parliament vote no confidence in the government, bringing new elections for parliament as well as prime minister.

4.   The faculty recently voted no confidence in Carrier.

5.   Yeltsin is not required to disband his government if the lower chamber, the State Duma, votes no confidence once.

6.   But Yeltsin also has threatened to use his constitutional rights and dissolve parliament if it votes no confidence in the Cabinet again after the initial vote last week.

7.   By voting no confidence in Yerin and Ilyushenko, the lawmakers sent a strong signal they were siding with the city.

8.   Earlier this week, legislators had threatened to launch impeachment proceedings against Yeltsin and vote no confidence in the Cabinet.

9.   If the Duma votes no confidence twice in three months, the president must either fire the prime minister and the Cabinet or dissolve the Duma for new elections.

10.   If parliament votes no confidence in the government, the president can either dissolve the government or disband parliament.