All of a sudden, the House of Representatives constituted itself into a committee of the whole on Tuesday to tackle the proposed P3.757-trillion national budget for 2019. This comes as lawmakers bicker over the alleged P55 billion “insertion” in the budget of some congressmen. ADVERTISEMENTREAD: House leaders bicker over ‘pork’ | ‘Insertions,’ brewing conflict delay House plenary debates on 2019 budget“I move that the House be constituted into the committee of the whole in order for the House to consider House Bill No. The constitution of the House as committee of the whole was aimed to resolve the dispute over the P55 billion alleged “pork” by amending House Bill No. 8169 or the proposed 2019 national budget.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 18, 2018 09:27 UTC