予算案、２２日衆院通過　委員会で可決

　２０２２年度予算案は２１日の衆院予算委員会で、自民、公明、国民民主の各党の賛成多数で可決された。２２日の衆院本会議で採決、参院に送付される。予算案が２２日に衆院通過すれば、戦後最速だった１９９９年２月１９日に次ぐ早さとなる。
　衆院予算委はこれに先立ち、岸田文雄首相と全閣僚が出席して締めくくり質疑を実施。立民、国民、共産の各党は予算案の組み替え動議をそれぞれ提出したが、否決された。
　予算案の一般会計総額は、前年度当初予算比０．９％増の１０７兆５９６４億円と、１０年連続で過去最大を更新。新型コロナウイルス対策の予備費５兆円などを盛り込んだ。
　参院予算委は２４、２５両日に首相と全閣僚が出席して基本的質疑を行う。（2022/02/21-19:26）

The Japanese government's fiscal 2022 budget bill cleared the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, on Monday.
   At the committee's meeting, the budget bill for the fiscal year from April was approved by a majority vote, with support from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its Komeito ally, as well as the opposition Democratic Party for the People.
   The bill is set to be put to a vote by the full Lower House on Tuesday. If the bill passes the Lower House on the day, it would be the second-fastest postwar budget passage through the chamber. The fastest such procedures were completed on Feb. 19, 1999.
   The budget bill will then be sent to the House of Councillors, the upper chamber.
   Ahead of the voting, the Lower House committee held a concluding question-and-answer session attended by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and all of his cabinet ministers.