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Argentina’s Deputies Open Session to Curb Milei’s Decree Powers

Opponents seek to tighten decree rules under a veto threat from the presidency.

Overview

  • The lower house convened at noon after opposition blocs secured quorum to take up the Senate‑approved overhaul of DNU controls alongside a slate of oversight motions.
  • The bill would limit each decree to 90 days unless ratified by both chambers, allow annulment if either chamber rejects it, prohibit multi‑subject decrees, and bar reissuing on the same matter until the next legislative year.
  • The Casa Rosada has indicated the reform will be vetoed if passed, and an override would require two‑thirds in both chambers, a high bar in a fragmented Congress.
  • The agenda also advances interpellations of Karina Milei and Health Minister Mario Lugones over the ANDIS corruption case, a censure path for Chief of Cabinet Guillermo Francos over disability funding, a summons to Economy Minister Luis Caputo on US financing talks, and a push to set a November 20 deadline for the 2026 Budget.
  • Volatile vote arithmetic centers on UCR and Innovación/Encuentro Federal deputies, while the José Luis Espert scandal shadows the session after his resignation as Budget chair and fresh bids to send expulsion efforts to committee.