Manila Standard, Apr. 4, 2019, No Conditional Signing Of 2019 National Budget.pdf

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somor did_ Deparuneit A"[d"i;"d'I,i_^g_ement "id; the uou." C6rniitt"" on Appropriarions jg. "f tt" o"r'"Ji,i*.i i0?t; sotlo.s and Senare Conrninee on Finance budgetary process, and thire is rro argrunen*. """;". :.rn cons-ritutional provision *ti"rr i^ u.* my *rer. flfe fiTffi;|"f: ffiil":lff.Y; *^ cired by the Senate is. no sui:hlerers. r emphasized Lhatsrsnrns printing errors. as weit as rhe necessary ""* .trrin! _as.;;;ffi;i;;d ;llllf"o;ff or the Last March 26, sotro signed,the H.*H#li;;.inseqoenc" proposed P3.8-nillion nariona-l budger ;,iT.'rT'i,'!1"H*',lnit'f";*:l " Appropria,i"-". iliri ,"jrr,'",iiiu"r*.. o. ,i""lli.J,-"a"0 thar rhe omnibus for this year. But he asked the pre.iOJnt Oiri"ni;e"a'uii."il. "'*""' Motion also explicitiv srated; ,.In case to velo the P75 billion worrh of oroerams ..Signrng # .*oif"a'i"r"t-*1. .opy of the of coniict beiween the Coniereuce under the Local htrastructure ftJera; 6"OgL,'i.^"" rr,. i..*i-n ,r,l. printed Copy of the Departmenr of public Works-ana ""ti",i"ii.pr*"t". if," S.Lri"i.r.ia.nt on of the Bill."'n.p"l?U the latter shalt prcvail.,. "F the same manner thai the Senate "are fully constitutional as Darr of

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