THE senate on Tuesday approved the proposed 2014 national budget which is P3.2 billion lower than the P2.268 trillion budget earlier approved by the House of Representatives.

Voting 16-0 the senate has approved the 2014 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) amounting to P2.263 trillion and will be scheduled for deliberation in the congressional bicameral conference committee once the Senate committee on finance acts on all the individual amendments that will be submitted by the senators.

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