Overview
- Interior Minister Diego Santilli began a January tour to court governors, meeting Ignacio Torres in Chubut and planning stops in Chaco and Mendoza to build support before an early‑February vote.
- Senior figures remain split on changes, with Patricia Bullrich open to tweaks that preserve the bill’s core and others insisting on the original text, as a Senate team led by Josefina Tajes reviews objections this month.
- The CGT is lobbying undecided senators and has called a national strike with mobilization for February 10, the day the Senate is due to take up the bill.
- The union estimates the cut to employer contributions to obras sociales from 6% to 5% would remove about USD 700 million a year from health funds that cover roughly 6.5 million workers and families.
- Governors are pressing over the tax chapter that would lower corporate rates and shrink shared revenues, with an estimate of ARS 1.729 trillion less for provinces in 2026, while the proposed 3% employer‑funded severance alternative (FAL) also faces resistance.