FY'&EfierF.
eral Appropriations Act even after the plenarv pro-
l$gialffi by October fllis year," Ro-
mualdez said.
MEMSSRSof the floure He said they plan to
of Reprecentatives wifi finish th€ budeei dbfibera-
hold marathon sessions tion in the bidmeral level
to pass the national bud- byearlykember.
get bill on time. The
Majority Leader il4ar-
committee,
chaired by Davao Citv
tin Romualdez said the Rep. Isidro Ungab, is s&
Hoq* ryiU r.ld plenary meet Monday to Friday
session from 3 pin. to 5 from 9 am to-S pm.
pm, Monday to Wednes- - Romualdezriotedthat
day to give the House com- ,Hor*selsdera ddd-
mittee on appropriations ed to extend the sesfion
arnple time to discuss fte
days *re Flouse past the
1n
proposed budget of dif- regular Mond-ay to
ferentageuies. Wednesday echedlh to
Speaker Alan Peter allow exhairstive deliber-
Cayetano alco made the ation of the budgrt at the
same annolrncem€ntdur- plenarylevel.
"Wearealsoextendine
our seseisr days beeinl
nir€september iZ WeY,vitt
hold plenarysesions even
on Thuisdays arxtFridarrs
to make sure thatthe rra-
tional budgetwill get the
tsIouse rnembers'nod on
tire,' *te House leader
trdd
ceedings havi startddat 5
P.m.
UnderSectionZlofthe
House Ruhs, congl€sstnen
are deemed prdent in a
House sessidr if they are
attending committee
m€edngs audrmizecl by dre
ttouse commitbe on rules.
which is currentlv ctraird
by Romualdez ab Majori-
ty lcader.
Section35of theHouse
Sules, on the other hand,
provides thah "OnIy the
comnittee on rules and
suchcommithestowhich
it has grante4 permissi ory
maymeetwhiletheHouse
ir.l" ptu"fry sessiory has
adjourned, 6r is in recess..
'Under tlre
committee on appropria-
uons may continue with
their .bi_d_get hearings
while the House is in pl"e-
.nary sgsign", l1f€,,are in-
voking the porvers of the
Majority t€ader, as Rules
Chairmah, to enable the
House to tackle simulta-
neously all tte vital mea-
suresinchdedinflrepres.
r$ent's hgishtive agen-
dai' Rohustd€z -ex-
plained.
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