A bill providing for an across-the-board P2,000 Social Security System (SSS) pension increase can be approved by Congress by December, one of its authors said on Sunday.

Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate cited the bill’s approval at the committee level in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

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