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Victoria Tulad

Vivienne Gulla

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MANILA (UPDATED) -- The Philippine Senate and the House of Representatives will adjourn at a later date to ensure that the 2026 proposed national budget will be ratified.The Senate was supposed to adjourn its session on December 20, but was moved to December 23. It will resume on January 26, instead of January 19.The change was announced during the approval of concurrent resolution number 7 during Tuesday&#x27;s session.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/12/9/senate-oks-2026-national-budget-1737">READ: Senate approves P6.7-trillion national budget for 2026</a></div>&quot;We are going to go on extended session during the Christmas holidays, for the people to know, because we are going to pass the budget, hopefully ratify the budget on the week of the 22nd,&quot; said Senate Majority Floor Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri.&quot;So we had asked our colleagues to stay and forego muna some of their plans with their families for the country. Para sa bayan,&quot; he added. &quot;Para maipasa natin yung ating General Appropriations Act, yung budget po ng bayan.&quot;There was no objection to the said approval.House Bill 4058 or the proposed 2026 General Appropriations Act (GAA) was approved by the Senate on third reading on Tuesday.The House also moved the adjournment of session to December 23 from December 20.During its plenary session on Tuesday, the lower chamber adopted House Concurrent Resolution No. 7, amending the legislative calendar for the first regular session of the 20th Congress of the Philippines.Under the concurrent resolution, the resumption of session is also moved to January 26 from January 19.

The Senate will adjourn on a later date to ensure that the 2026 proposed national budget will be ratified.

The Senate will adjourn on a later date to ensure that the 2026 proposed national budget will be ratified.

Senate, House to adjourn on Dec. 23 to ensure budget ratification

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Senate, House to adjourn on Dec. 23 to ensure budget ratification

Victoria Tulad,

Vivienne Gulla,

ABS-CBN News

Published December 09, 2025 07:40 PM PHT

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Updated December 09, 2025 09:38 PM PHT

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