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New rtGrures
?pproyed bfl DeG.
THE.Hougq of Represen-
!{ive^s will apprrive the
_rutn Congress, new rules
by Dec-ember where
amendments to be intro_
duced include expedit-
ing the procasg approv-
.jiTtt" rlew House rules
o_f
rng vetoed bills- ifter yill pe adopted by Decem_
some refinements.
ber this yeir aftel
_ _House senior Deputv tilib:i"01*ti;';itP"XT$g
Vq_otity Leader u"a ti.i_
il:,ff fi ;i*'irt";3"JJff"_
by Hpy_se MajoiiFy
llt"i
Leader and House com_
mittee on rules chairman
fVtarJin- Romualdez, as
nead of the rules rewrit_
i"g sub-committee,
vowed. to make the
instij
tution's new rules more
responsive to the legisla_
tive process.
Rehulla said his team
will adopt the Sr
c;*-(scl;rr"ifitfl"':ft:
tron of the minority leader,
goingpaperless by provid_
lng tablets for 300legisla_
tgtq r4 the performan"ce of
their legisldtive work ind
- after* the, refinements, ;;
others.
:
said Remulla in an irit#_
vlew.
,krt luly 22, the House
or-Kepresentatives adopt_
ed provisionally the rules
ot -coneluded
the_ recently
L7th Coneresi.
Remulla said his panel
would propose a new pro_
vlslon requiring onlybne
conuruttee hearing to iefine
any vetoed bill -aimed at
expediting the process and
convince the President to
sigl the measure into law.
., "We are going to avoid'
Sne.nprpal tong process of
regtstatton for any vetoed
bll. An expeditibus Dro_
cess shoulil be obser'ved
said Remulla.
Remylla explained the
n-ew- rules would also in_
clude -in
the SC ruline
choosing the next min6rif
Ieader where House mem_
bers who did not vote for
the winning rp"ut"rl"-;
tnose who abstain will
among themselves
. -c,no.osg
rnelr Ieader
and manifest
in the plenary.
At
- -sa-me time,
- ,,thesaid
xemulla
they would
be studying the p6ssibilitv
ot nsrng.tablets [o digitizt:
the legislative process.
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