Legislators yesterday agreed to send a NT$2.391 trillion (US$86.04 billion) budget bill for next year to legislative committees for review, with members of an inter-caucus negotiation seeking to have it approved before the end of next month.
Legislative Speaker You Si-kun (游錫堃) presided over the negotiations, attended by all party caucus leaders, in which compromises allowed all sides to agree to send the bill for review by the eight legislative committees next week, in line with the procedure for a first reading.
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus whip Ker Chien-ming (柯建銘) said he would raise a motion at a plenary session today
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