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    "content": "All legislation relating to budgetary issues should be looked at so that we can minimize the differences between the National Assembly and us. As I said, the differences have been there because the Senate has not really been involved in the process. We come in at the last moment, so they feel that they have worked very hard and that we are spoiling everything and yet they had agreed. That is a matter that must be looked at seriously. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other point I want to make is the fact when we began the amendment of the Constitution, we were working together with the governors led by the leader of minority and the majority and all of us. We formed a Committee to begin drafting possible constitutional amendments. We went to court, on the issue of the Division of Revenue Bill and the whole issue of Bills should be clarified, once and for all. We actually made amendments; the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights drafted amendments and we all agreed. However, because of some political situations, it was not possible to proceed with those amendments because the time was not opportune. We, as a House, both the Government side, the Opposition side had agreed with the governors. It is time that we should be thinking seriously on how we should be moving those amendments forward, which will ensure that on matters of legislation, the Senate is there and that even if we concede that the National Assembly must have the final say on the Money Bill, the role of the Senate in the process leading to that—"
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