Brazil's lower house of Congress early on Wednesday approved the text of a ...
Brazil's Lower House President Rodrigo Maia attends a session to vote the pension reform bill at plenary of the Chamber of Deputies in Brasilia, Brazil August 7, 2019. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
The text had already been approved by the lower house, 379 to 131, in July. However, under Brazilian law, the text requires two votes in both the lower and upper houses, as it includes changes to the federal constitution.All that remained for the reform to pass to the Senate was voting on amendments, which House Speaker Rodrigo Maia told reporters are likely to be rejected. Voting on the amendments should finish around 10 p.m., he said.
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