HOUSE Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas said the two Houses of Congress would vote as one body in today’s joint session called by the President to discuss the extension of martial law in Mindanao, warning of a deadlock if the Senate pressed for separate voting.

Fariñas told reporters on Friday the 1987 Constitution was “very clear” on the matter.

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