Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas declared that the 2024 budget would be passed by Saturday, December 30, 2023. This proclamation was made on Tuesday, December 19, as the House reconvened in plenary session.
Speaker Abbas delivered a message to several House committees on behalf of the Committee on Appropriations. He underlined that by 8 p.m. on December 19, 2023, these committees must wrap up and turn in their reports from the budget defense sessions with government agencies.
