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The Auxílio Brasil program is scheduled to replace the emergency aid payments in November but this depends on a solution to the court-ordered payments issue and the approval of the income tax bill. Senator Tasso Jereissati of the PSDB is expected to announce his support for the governor of Rio Gr...

What can still be approved by the Legislature in 2021 and other weekly topics

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 27 Sep 2021

Congress meets to vote on presidential vetoes. The Special Committee on the court-ordered payments PEC will set its work schedule. Data related to federal public accounts will be published. On Friday, the Bolsonaro government will complete 1000 days, and the president has a week of events planned...

Friday will be Bolsonaro’s 1000th day as President of Brazil, Congress analyzes presidential vetoes, and Anatel should publish the 5G auction notice

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 27 Sep 2021

President Bolsonaro has a busy schedule this week with several events across the country. The list of vetoes to be analyzed includes those regarding the privatization of Eletrobras; the Budget Guidelines Law (LDO); party federations; and the suspension of evictions until the end of 2021. The rapp...

Dep. Maia’s report on the Administrative Reform proposal approved in the Special Committee, the STF should conclude the judgment on whether the Federal Government can charge taxes on tax refunds, and the House may vote on a fiscal incentives law

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 24 Sep 2021

The Administrative Reform proposal can now be put to a vote in the Plenary of the House, which should take place next week. There are currently 7 votes against the taxation of tax returns and 1 vote in favor. As a complementary law, the fiscal incentives law requires an absolute majority of votes...

Dep. Arthur Maia submitted his report on the Administrative Reform proposal, the Special Committee on the court-ordered payments PEC was installed, and the Electoral Reform proposal was approved in the Senate

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 23 Sep 2021

Deputy Maia included all three branches of government in his report. Voting on the text may be concluded today in the Special Committee, and the text will then go to the House for further analysis in the coming days. Deputy Diego Andrade (PSD-MG) was elected president of the Special Committee on ...

The Special Committee on the court-ordered payments PEC was created in the House yesterday, the Administrative Reform Committee should meet today, and the Economic Affairs Committee of the Senate approved the BR do Mar bill

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 22 Sep 2021

The goal is for the Special Committee to vote on the court-ordered payments PEC in about 10 days. Rodrigo Pacheco has said that the government is looking into paying R$ 40 billion up front and the remaining R$ 50 billion via some other payment alternative. The rapporteur of the Administrative Ref...

The Administrative Reform proposal and the court-ordered payments PEC should see progress in the House, the BR do Mar bill should be put to a vote in the Senate committee, and Wagner Rosário should testify in the Pandemic CPI

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 21 Sep 2021

The rapporteur for the Administrative Reform proposal, Deputy Arthur Maia (DEM-BA), should submit a new text on the changes to be voted on this week. The Special Committee is expected to vote on the text on Wednesday or Thursday. Arthur Lira, Rodrigo Pacheco and Paulo Guedes should meet today to ...

Request for the payroll tax exemption bill and other weekly topics

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 20 Sep 2021

This week, an agreement may be reached on the court-ordered payments Constitutional Amendment Proposal (PEC). The Administrative Reform Committee may vote on Dep. Arthur Maia’s (DEM-BA) report. The House will analyze the urgent status request for the payroll tax exemption bill. In the Senate, the...

The court-ordered payments PEC, the Administrative Reform PEC and the payroll tax exemption bill should be put to a vote, the rapporteur of the Pandemic CPI should submit his final report

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 20 Sep 2021

Arthur Lira would like to speed up the processing time for the court-ordered payments PEC. The proposal was approved in the CCJ last week. Dep. Arthur Maia should submit a new report on the Administrative Reform PEC. The proposal should be put to a vote in the Special Committee this week. The Sen...

Pres. Bolsonaro increases the IOF tax in hope of lowering food prices, the Executive Office submitted a bill to the House providing for gradual reduction of federal tax incentives and benefits, and the court-ordered payments PEC approved in the House

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 17 Sep 2021

The Federal Government is expected to raise R$ 2.14 billion in order to fund the Auxilio Brasil program and remove the PIS/Cofins tax on corn imports. Arthur Lira may still decide to decrease the processing time of the court-ordered payments PEC by attaching it to another PEC that has already bee...

The House CCJ may vote on the report on the court-ordered payments PEC today, the Special Committee on Administrative Reform is ready to vote on the proposal today, and Jerônimo Goergen to file an urgent status request for the payroll tax exemption bill

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 16 Sep 2021

Arthur Lira may decide to attach the court-ordered payments PEC to another matter that has already been approved by a Special Committee in order to shorten the processing time for the proposal. The opposition is against many of the measures included in the Administrative Reform proposal, and Maia...

Merger of the DEM and the PSL could be finalized this month, the Special Committee on Administrative Reform will vote on the rapporteur’s report, and Rodrigo Pacheco returned the measure that would have changed the Civil Framework of the Internet

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 15 Sep 2021

The merger between the DEM and the PSL could have a direct impact on the 2022 elections. Some members of the PSL are waiting for Jair Bolsonaro to join a party before deciding whether they will stay or follow the President and join his party. The Administrative Reform proposal is likely to be app...

The court-ordered payments PEC to be put to a vote in the CCJ, the Special Committee on Administrative Reform to vote on Arthur Maia’s report, and the PGR asked the STF to suspend Bolsonaro’s MP on content limitation on social media

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 14 Sep 2021

A request to review the text may postpone the vote on the court-ordered payments PEC unitl next week. President of the House Arthur Lira hopes to send the Administrative Reform proposal to the Senate by early October. The plenary of the House will resume voting on the Electoral Reform proposal. T...

Electoral Reform in its decisive day and other weekly topics

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 13 Sep 2021

The government's economic agenda will be put to the test this week. The court-ordered payments PEC will be put to a vote in the Constitution and Justice Committee of the House. The Special Committee on Administrative Reform will vote on the rapporteur's report. In the Senate, the Economic Affairs...

The government’s legislative agenda put to the test this week, jurists to present a large report on possible crimes Jair Bolsonaro committed during the pandemic, and the STF continues analyzing the case of the demarcation of indigenous lands

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 13 Sep 2021

The House and its committees will discuss the Administrative Reform proposal, the court-ordered payments PEC and the Electoral Code Reform proposal. The Economic Affairs Committee of the Senate may vote on the BR do Mar bill. Also in the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco may reject the provisional measure ...