Argentina’s lower house approves Milei’s omnibus bill after marathon debate
President Javier Milei’s controversial omnibus bill is one step closer to becoming law.
Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies approved the president’s maiden reform package by 144 votes to 109. It will now pass to the Senate — but not until members of the lower house have voted on each of its articles individually, a process scheduled to start on Tuesday at 2 p.m.
The final vote came after a marathon three-day session that dragged on until nearly 1 a.m. on Friday. The debate was beset by a flurry of proposed eleventh-hour modifications, negotiated after congressional commissions green-lit their final draft on January 24, creating confusion about the bill’s contents.
Milei’s La Libertad Avanza coalition has just 38 deputies, far short of the 129 votes needed for a lower house majority — but........
© Buenos Aires Herald
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