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Practice question: Powers Relative to Appropriation Measures

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

For government operations as specified in the budget, Article VI, Section 25(1) provides that Congress may not increase which amount?
  1. Every amount requested by any private contractor
  2. Every estimate submitted directly by a local mayor
  3. The appropriations recommended by the President
  4. Only expenditures previously vetoed by a past President
  5. Only salaries of Members of Congress

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution, Article VI, Sections 25 and 29(1), and Article VII, Section 22, presidential budget and appropriation limits: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353

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