Overview

• The Joint Budget Committee approved an instrução normativa raising the public campaign fund despite the government’s R$ 1 billion proposal.
• The measure passed by symbolic vote in committee and does not require a plenary vote.
• Funding will come from R$ 2.9 billion redirected from state bloc amendments and R$ 1 billion cut from discretionary primary spending.
• Budget rapporteur Isnaldo Bulhões authored the measure and will decide where the discretionary cuts occur.
• The LDO must be addressed and the 2026 budget approved before the Treasury can transfer resources to the electoral court for party distribution.