The measure also allows the Government stagger payments on court-ordered debts to avoid breaking the constitutional spending cap in 2022, an election year.
The amendment was approved in two votes and returned to the lower house for final approval, as it was modified in the Senate.
The bill gives the President’s government Jair Bolsonaro space to finance a social welfare program that will provide monthly payments of 400 reais ($ 71) to 17 million poor families, a expansion of the Bolsa Familia program.
Opposition parties had opposed the amendment, accusing Bolsonaro of boosting social spending to bolster his chances for re-election in October.
But opposition senators backed a revised bill, saying it provided vital relief for Brazil’s poor who have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.
Source From: Ambito
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