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South Korean lawmakers in fight over budget bill
Advertisement8 December 2010 Last updated at 09:57 GMT Help South Korea's lawmakers spent Tuesday fighting and using furniture to blockade government offices in a row over next year's budget.
Some 40 members of the opposition Democratic Party took over the main congress hall to block the ruling Grand National Party from pushing the budget bill through the parliament.
The government has proposed a 309.6 trillion won budget (US$274.5 billion) for 2011, a six percent increase from this year. The opposition wants to see this cut by 11.3 trillion won (US$9.9 billion).
Source: BBC
This made me laugh more then it should, I think
South Korean lawmakers in fight over budget bill
Advertisement8 December 2010 Last updated at 09:57 GMT Help South Korea's lawmakers spent Tuesday fighting and using furniture to blockade government offices in a row over next year's budget.
Some 40 members of the opposition Democratic Party took over the main congress hall to block the ruling Grand National Party from pushing the budget bill through the parliament.
The government has proposed a 309.6 trillion won budget (US$274.5 billion) for 2011, a six percent increase from this year. The opposition wants to see this cut by 11.3 trillion won (US$9.9 billion).
Source: BBC
This made me laugh more then it should, I think
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Date: 2010-12-08 06:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-08 07:15 pm (UTC)This is way better than the C-SPAN fights
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Date: 2010-12-08 07:25 pm (UTC)