Tag: 2019 budget bill

Sotto says he will support a presidential veto of entire 2019 budget bill

(Eagle News) — Senate President Tito Sotto on Friday, April 12, said he would support a veto by President Rodrigo Duterte of the entire budget bill for 2019. “Do (you) remember that that was my original suggestion when it came to my attention that the House leaders were being difficult,” Sotto said a day after President Duterte said  he would do the same “pag talagang tagilid yan,” referring to the Congress-transmitted budget bill. Duterte said […]

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Duterte to “outright” veto entire 2019 budget bill “pag talagang tagilid yan”

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, April 11, said he would veto the entire 2019 budget bill if it was “talagang tagilid.” Duterte issued the threat as he announced his legal office was still studying the bill passed by Congress last month after an impasse between the two houses. Senators led by Senate President Tito Sotto had opposed the House-enrolled budget bill, saying it was no longer the Congress-ratified version because congressmen had […]

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