Campaigns for the municipal elections begin on August 16, Congress will hold a few weeks of concentrated voting efforts, and senators are calling for the urgent status of the Tax Reform regulation bill to be withdrawn

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 25 Jul 2024 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

There are 101 federal deputies and two senators who will run in this year's elections. According to the electoral calendar, the campaigns start on August 16. The President of the House, Deputy Arthur Lira (PP-AL), announced that, by agreement among leaders, there will be three weeks of concentrated voting efforts in the House before the first round of the elections (October 6). The Tax Reform regulation bill has a constitutional urgent status. In other words, the senators would have 45 days to vote on the text. As the election reduces legislative activities, the senators asked the Executive Office to withdraw this status so there would be more time for discussions.

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