Practice question
The House passes a revenue bill and sends it to the Senate. The Senate proposes a substantially rewritten version as its amendments, and both chambers ultimately approve the reconciled measure. Is the extent of Senate rewriting alone enough to establish a violation of House origination?
- Yes. The Senate may correct punctuation only.
- Yes. Any Senate change destroys House origination.
- Yes. The House must enact revenue laws without Senate participation.
- No, because the origination clause never applies to revenue bills.
- No. Tolentino recognizes broad Senate amendment power after House origination.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VI Section 24: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Tolentino v. Secretary of Finance, G.R. No. 115455 et al., August 25, 1994, main decision, origination and amendments: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1994/aug1994/gr_115455_1994.html
- Tolentino v. Secretary of Finance, October 30, 1995, main resolution: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1995/oct1995/gr_115455_1995.html
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