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Monday, May 20, 2019
Last 3 weeks
for Congress
to pass bills
i itHE Senate will tackle bills on
anti-terodsm and eodiflg cdntrac-
tualization, among othets, when
it resumes session today, majot-
ity leader Juan Miguel Zubi-ti said
yestetday.
'qWe had a preliminary discus-
sion on pushing amendments to
the aoti-terrorism act and 'endo,'
of the majot bills," Zubiri said but
added senators vrould still have to
discuss today the testof the cham-
ber's agenda duting the last nine
session days of the 1 Tth Congress
which will adjourn on June 5.
'Ve need to get consensus...
with ow membets fot the Priori
ties this next tl'uee weeks," he said.
The House of Reptesentatives
will tty to finish some pending
business on the floor, including the
formal dismissal of the imPeach-
ment co4plaint against now rctired
chief iustice Tetesia I-aonardo'De
. Castto and six other Supteme Coutt
justices who r.oted to oust former
chief justice NIa. Lourdes Sereno.
Tlie House is also exPected to
vote on Pending bills that need
approval on thitd and final rcading
such as Bill 9059 or the "Anti-False
Bomb Threat Act" vrhich seeks to
impose stiffer penalties on Persofls
found, guilry of spreading false
bomb threats; trial of all libel cases
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