Escudero: Congress has the power to amend all proposed measures including the budget

THE discretion to amend or proposed changes to any measure, including the budget, is part of the prerogative and powers of the congress and failure to do so is tantamount to neglect a lawmaker said on Friday.

This was Senate finance committee chair Francis Escudero’s reply to those questioning the decision of some members of the senate to realign their 2014 priority development assistance fund (PDAF) allocation for this year to their chosen agencies even after the Supreme Court declared "pork" as unconstitutional.