News of upper house

Budget clash, extra sessions, Speaker Menem – Milei’s first year in Congress

04-12-2024 17:39 Despite being firmly in the minority, Milei has managed to amend over 100 laws since taking office and advance his programme of fiscal austerity. Nevertheless, tensions with allies and opposition persist, centred on the 2025 Budget, anti-graft laws and electoral reform.

by Facundo Maceira

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Double blow for Milei: Senate passes university bill, blocks SIDE cash

13-09-2024 11:04 Milei’s cash for spy services blocked as both chambers of Congress block presidential decree for first time since 1994; Senate approves law providing salary increases and boosting budget for universities facing funding “emergency.”

CONGRESS & POLITICS

Senate set for debate as Milei's deregulation decree hangs in balance

13-03-2024 15:48 Vice-President Victoria Villarruel, in her role as head of Senate, accepts opposition's request for debate and calls special session for Thursday to address President Javier Milei's sweeping emergency deregulation decree.

Politics

Frente de Todos split in Senate: Four senators form new caucus

23-02-2023 00:53 Setback for Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in the Senate with the fragmentation of the ruling coalition’s caucus. New Unidad Federal bloc formed by Edgardo Kueider, Carlos Espínola, Guillermo Snopek, Eugenia Catalfamo and Alejandra Vigo.

News of upper house

Budget clash, extra sessions, Speaker Menem – Milei’s first year in Congress

Double blow for Milei: Senate passes university bill, blocks SIDE cash

Senate set for debate as Milei's deregulation decree hangs in balance

Frente de Todos split in Senate: Four senators form new caucus

Brazil's Bolsonaro denied passport for Trump inauguration

Hundreds of homes evacuated as Patagonia fires spread

Bullrich announces Río Negro arrest of ‘terrorist linked to Islamic State’

Milei government accused of skewing auction to upgrade soy river

Milei to join far-right leaders, tech moguls at Trump's inauguration

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