Overview
- With allies on board, the lower house reached quorum and began debating the Presupuesto 2026, followed by bills on fiscal innocence and fiscal–monetary commitment, in a session expected to last into the night.
- The chamber voted to consider the budget by chapters rather than article by article, a procedural win for the government that could shield parts of the text in the face of specific objections.
- Article 75 emerged as the main flashpoint because it repeals emergency laws on disability and university financing, and even supportive blocs signaled it could fall in the particular vote despite backing the bill in general.
- To build a majority, the government extended last‑minute concessions including ATN transfers to Salta, Misiones, Catamarca and Tucumán, a clause enabling adjustments to honor the Supreme Court ruling on CABA coparticipation, and glaciars law changes sought by mining provinces.
- Outside Congress, Peronist governors met in Buenos Aires to coordinate resistance to the reforms, while the Central Bank announced that dollar bands will index to inflation from January 2026 with readiness to buy reserves, a move welcomed by the IMF.