NO PROMISES FROM BUDGET SPONSOR TO INCLUDE ADDITIONS
Solons file 2012 budget amendments
09/24/2011Members of Congress yesterday made a beeline to submit amendments to House Bill No. 5023, known as the General Appropriations Bill for 2012.
Plenary session resumes at the House of Representatives on Monday, although it is not certain whether these amendments will be accepted by the majority or ignored by the House allies of President Aquino who toe the Palace line.
The budget bill was already passed on second reading and the passage of the bill on third reading is usually merely a formality and technicality.
But a number of lawmakers want the multibillion-peso fund for hiring government personnel in the proposed 2012 national budget to be returned to the control of government agencies concerned..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110924hed1.html
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