According to PRSC senator German Castro Garcia, President Leonel Fernandez will meet separately with members of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies with the intention of lobbying in favor of the approval of the 2006 budget bill. Diario Libre reports that Castro is confident that the meetings will be healthy and beneficial for the country and is hoping that they will take place as soon as possible. According to the senator, leaving the country without a new budget would be a very damaging precedent.