Opposition bloc boycotts budget committee session

Opposition bloc boycotts budget committee session

TOKYO, Japan - Some of the seats remain vacant as opposition parties boycott a House of Representatives Budget Committee session Feb. 20 to protest the ruling bloc's setting of the schedule for deliberations on the fiscal 2001 budget without their consent.

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