Congress goes on Pajama Party

Congress went on a sleep over yesterday at the Batasan Complex where they voted on whether they should throw out the impeachment complaint against president Arroyo. The 23 hour marathon started 4pm the day before and voting began at 3am today. The vote was completed around 3pm and session ended 158 to 51 (6 congressmen abstained) in favor of the president escaping impeachment.

Now if they can only do the same for the hundreds of pending bills in the chamber…

News Sources:

ABS-CBN News

INQ7.NET


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