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Brazil's pension bill short on votes, running out of time
Source: Reuters
#WORLD NEWS FEBRUARY 5, 2018 / 8:49 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Brazil's pension bill short on votes, running out of time
Maria Carolina Marcello
3 MIN READ
BRASILIA (Reuters) - President Michel Temer appealed to Congress on Monday to approve his pension reform proposal to bring Brazil’s budget deficit under control, but a cabinet minister said his government still lacks some 40 votes to pass the unpopular bill.
Congressional leaders said that the plan to overhaul the costly social security system would never get through if it was not voted on this month before lawmakers begin to focus on the October general election.
“We have made adjustments to the bill to address legitimate concerns and create softer rules of transition. Now the time has come to take a decision,” Temer said in a message to Congress at the start of the legislative year.
His minister in charge of political affairs, Carlos Marun, however, told reporters the government was 40 votes short of the two-thirds super majority of 308 needed for approval.
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Brazil's pension bill short on votes, running out of time
Maria Carolina Marcello
3 MIN READ
BRASILIA (Reuters) - President Michel Temer appealed to Congress on Monday to approve his pension reform proposal to bring Brazil’s budget deficit under control, but a cabinet minister said his government still lacks some 40 votes to pass the unpopular bill.
Congressional leaders said that the plan to overhaul the costly social security system would never get through if it was not voted on this month before lawmakers begin to focus on the October general election.
“We have made adjustments to the bill to address legitimate concerns and create softer rules of transition. Now the time has come to take a decision,” Temer said in a message to Congress at the start of the legislative year.
His minister in charge of political affairs, Carlos Marun, however, told reporters the government was 40 votes short of the two-thirds super majority of 308 needed for approval.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-politics-pensions/brazils-pension-bill-short-on-votes-running-out-of-time-idUSKBN1FP1SV