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Sunday, March 23, 2025
Knesset schedules marathon budget debate for Monday night, hopes to vote Tuesday
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
The Knesset plenum will debate the final two readings of the 2025 state budget in the plenum on Monday evening starting at 8 p.m., the Knesset House Committee decides.
The first 15 hours of the all-night marathon debate will be dedicated to dealing with the numerous reservations to the bill filed by members of the opposition and the final votes will be held Tuesday at noon. Budget bills are often accompanied by thousands of reservations and objections filed by lawmakers.
The schedule is dependent on the Knesset Finance Committee approving the budget for its second and third Knesset readings. The panel is currently debating the bill and is expected to vote this evening to send it to the full plenum.
The deadline for the budget to pass is March 31.
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