RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The amendment, which will now have to be debated by the Senate also in two votes, authorizes the government to delay the payment of court-ordered debt and to use the available resources to finance the "Auxilio Brasil" (Bazil Aid) program, which foresees the distribution of subsidies to some 17 million low-income families.
The passed measure also enables the Executive to exceed the cap on public spending set by law next year, which limits raising the amount of public resources disbursed to the inflation rate of the previous year.
The progress of the amendment in . . .
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