On Tuesday night (Dec. 20), the House of Representatives approved in the first round the transition PEC, which guarantees for a period of one year the payments of the Bolsa Família (government hand-out), besides enabling social programs and campaign promises of the president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
There were 331 votes in favor of the proposal and 168 against it.
The deputy's opinion shortens from two to one year the term for the extension of the spending cap of R$ 145 (US$27) billion.
Unlike the text that the Federal Senate approved on Dec . . .
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