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The main concern around the second round of voting on the Court-ordered payments PEC is the PDT. The party’s pre-candidate to the Planalto Palace, Ciro Gomes, said that his candidacy has been put on hold until the party takes a stand against the proposal in the second round. Arthur Lira believes ...

The Court-ordered payments PEC was approved in the first round, the CCJ of the House analyzes the extension of the payroll tax exemption, and Anatel holds the 5G auction today

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 04 Nov 2021

With 312 votes in favor and 144 against, the House approved the Court-ordered payments PEC in the first round. Eleven edits to the text still need to be analyzed next Tuesday, November 9. The vote in the Senate will require even more effort from the government. According to the approved text, the...

The Court-ordered payments PEC should be put to a vote today, the truck drivers’ strike should remain small, and TV host José Luiz Datena left the PSL to join the PSD

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 03 Nov 2021

The government is hoping to reach the ideal number of at least 475 deputies in the plenary to reach a quorum and be able to approve the PEC. There are two options if the proposal is not approved: a provisional measure to issue extraordinary credit or a bill in Congress for supplemental credit. Th...

The polarization between Bolsonaro and Lula will continue and other weekly topics

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 01 Nov 2021

A crucial week for Auxílio Brasil – if the Court-ordered payments PEC is not approved in the House, the government will resort to a Plan B that includes the return of the Emergency Aid program. A truck drivers' strike is scheduled for today. Anatel will hold the 5G auction this week. This wee...

The truck drivers' strike today should be small, the Court-ordered payments PEC should be put to a vote on Wednesday, and the 5G auction should be held on the same day

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 01 Nov 2021

The truck drivers’ strike is expected to be small today. Isolated strikes are expected to take place, and efforts will be made to demobilize the demonstrations. Regarding the Court-ordered payments PEC, the government still doesn't have enough votes (308) to approve the text but there is room for...

The Court-ordered payments PEC may allow the government to guarantee additional payments for low-income people, next week a possible truck drivers’ strike may pose an issue, and the 5G auction may raise up to R$ 49.7 billion

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 29 Oct 2021

There are rumors about the possibility of bringing back the emergency aid payments, as well as the state of emergency. The government could increase the value of the Bolsa Família by 20%, ensuring each beneficiary receives at least R$ 400. Voting on the PEC is scheduled for Wednesday. Regarding t...

The first-round vote on the Court-ordered payments PEC was unsuccessful, the House approved the bill to create a gas subsidy for low-income families, and the TSE resumes judgment of the cases calling for the revocation of Bolsonaro’s electoral ticket

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 28 Oct 2021

The government will try to approve the Court-ordered payments PEC again today. Deputies of the opposition are asking for the FUNDEF’S court orders to be removed from the spending ceiling. The provisional measure that instituted the Auxílio Brasil program determines that 90 days after its enactmen...

The vote on the court-ordered payments PEC was postponed to today, the Senate CAE holds a public hearing on the income tax bill, and Rodrigo Pacheco formally joins the PSD today

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 27 Oct 2021

Despite the procedural rules prohibiting edits to the PEC, Lower House President Arthur Lira said edits would be allowed during the vote in the plenary of the House. The trend is for approval. There is still no deadline for the rapporteur, Senator Angelo Coronel, to submit his report on the incom...

Reports show the government is looking into privatizing Petrobras, concerns increase about a possible trucker driver strike on November 1 and the House begins analysis of the court-ordered payments PEC

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 26 Oct 2021

Guedes is in favor of selling Petrobras, however, passing a bill of this nature would be very difficult right now – there are only nine weeks left until the parliamentary recess. The opposition is participating in the truck driver meetings, therefore, it is demanding more attention from the gover...

Income Tax Reform may be archived and other weekly topics

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 25 Oct 2021

A hectic week in Brasilia: the House will try to vote on the court-ordered payments PEC in order to make room for the Auxílio Brasil program in the budget, and in the Senate, the focus is on the vote on the final report of the Pandemic CPI. The TSE will judge a case that calls for the cancellatio...

Guedes defends the change in the spending ceiling, the CAE holds a public hearing to discuss the Income Tax Reform proposal, and the Pandemic CPI votes on the final report tomorrow

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 25 Oct 2021

Guedes also called for Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco to make progress with the reform proposals. Despite the poor timing, Guede's statements should not interfere with the vote on the court-ordered payments PEC in the House. In the Pandemic CPI, Senator Calheiros recommends the indictment of 66...

Four members of the economic team resign after a solution to the court-ordered payments PEC and Auxílio Brasil issues was announced. The president of the TSE should schedule analysis of cases calling for the revocation of the Bolsonaro-Mourão ticket

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 22 Oct 2021

The Special Secretary of the Treasury and Budget, Bruno Funchal, and his assistant, Gildenora Dantas, stepped down. The secretary of the National Treasury, Jeferson Bittencourt, and his assistant, Rafael Araujo, also left the ministry. The court-ordered payments PEC was approved by the Special Co...

The emergency aid issue remains unresolved, the Auxílio Brasil program should start in November, and Senator Calheiros's final report should not cause any short-term issues for Bolsonaro

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 21 Oct 2021

According to the President, no family will receive less than R$ 400. The payments from Auxílio Brasil should have a positive impact on President Jair Bolsonaro's popularity among those in extreme poverty. However, inflation, the fuel issue, the water crisis and the lower growth of the economy may...

The government would like to increase the value of the Auxílio Brasil payments until December 2022, Senator Renan Calheiros should submit his final report on the Pandemic CPI, and the CPPI approved the modeling of the privatization of Eletrobras

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 20 Oct 2021

The government had planned on launching the Auxílio Brasil program yesterday but ended up postponing it. The rapporteur of the provisional measure that created the program made it clear that he disagrees with a temporary increase in the value of the payments. The government is planning on increas...

Pressure is building for the financing of the Auxílio Brasil program, truck drivers demand a solution to the fuel price issue, and the Special Committee on the court-ordered payments PEC meets today to vote on the rapporteur’s report

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 19 Oct 2021

President Jair Bolsonaro said he will make decisions on the emergency aid program and the diesel issues later this week. The economic team supports approving the court-ordered payments PEC and the income tax bill to make room for the Auxílio Brasil program. Financing of the Auxílio Brasil program...