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[Title] => Wage hike bill dead: House spox pins blame on Senate inaction
[Summary] => The House of Representatives spokesperson condemned the Senate for “killing” the legislated wage hike bill by refusing to convene a bicameral conference committee on the final night of the 19th Congress session.
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[Title] => Pamolitika sa Kongreso
[Summary] => Gi-aprobahan na sa Kongreso ang balaodnon (HB No. 11287) nga maglugway sa termino sa mga barangay ug Sangguniang Kabataan officials gikan sa tulo ngadto sa unom ka tuig ingon man nag-uswag sa eleksyon ngadto sa Mayo 2029 inay karon unta’ng Desiyembre 2025 aron kuno mahatagan og igo’ng panahon ang mga barangay ug SK officilas nga mapatuman sa hingpit ang ilang mga plano ug programa.
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[Title] => Marcos sees VP trial crossing over to 20th Congress
[Summary] => President Marcos believes that the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte will cross over to the 20th Congress, amid debates in the Senate over its fate once the 19th Congress adjourns sine die.
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[Title] => Laing itoy ni Gwen
[Summary] => Human sa pila ka adlaw nga pagpakahilom, gipasabot ni Kongresista Duke Frasco ang iyang pagdumili pagpirma sa manifesto sa padayong pagsuporta sa liderato ni House Speaker Martin Romualdez hangtod sa twentieth Congress.
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[Summary] => This is how calamity happens: a wrong-headed and discredited economic idea becomes profitable to enact.
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[Title] => New Senate alliances
[Summary] => The incoming 20th Congress augurs well with the return of veteran senators. Specifically, their track record of performance, not to mention their grit, integrity and diligence in legislative work got them re-elected in the last May 12 Senate race. One of them, in fact, is being egged on by former senators in the previous Congresses to take on again the leadership in the Upper Chamber.
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[Title] => De Lima: Joining House majority bloc 'on the table,' but...
[Summary] => After enduring political attacks under the previous Duterte administration, former senator Leila de Lima is rejoining Congress as one of the few opposition members in a House of Representatives dominated by the president's allies — a position she says she intends to keep.
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[Title] => Senate urged: Pass universal social pension for seniors
[Summary] => Senators should pass the House-approved universal social pension for senior citizens bill when Congress reconvenes session on June 2, outgoing Albay Rep. Joey Salceda said recently.
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[Title] => VP Sara asks brother to seek House speakership
[Summary] => Less than a week after the elections, Vice President Sara Duterte said she has asked her brother, Rep. Paolo Duterte (Davao City, 1st District), to seek either the House speakership or minority leadership at the House of Representatives.
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[Title] => Romualdez, may ‘supermajority’ sa 20th Congress
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[Title] => Pamolitika sa Kongreso
[Summary] => Gi-aprobahan na sa Kongreso ang balaodnon (HB No. 11287) nga maglugway sa termino sa mga barangay ug Sangguniang Kabataan officials gikan sa tulo ngadto sa unom ka tuig ingon man nag-uswag sa eleksyon ngadto sa Mayo 2029 inay karon unta’ng Desiyembre 2025 aron kuno mahatagan og igo’ng panahon ang mga barangay ug SK officilas nga mapatuman sa hingpit ang ilang mga plano ug programa.
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[Title] => Senate urged: Pass universal social pension for seniors
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