US EditionArgentina's Milei suffers veto overrides again, a blow before consequential midterms
Congress overturned three of President Milei's vetoes to maintain funding for public universities and pediatric care despite his austerity policies, with veto overrides supported by wide Senate margins.
- On Thursday, Argentina's Congress overturned President Javier Milei's vetoes on laws increasing funding for public universities and paediatric care, after the Chamber of Deputies had rejected them, bringing to three the laws upheld by Congress.
- Implementing deep austerity, President Javier Milei said new spending would jeopardise Argentina's fiscal balance, and he has been politically weakened after his party's trouncing in Buenos Aires provincial polls last month.
- The opposition-controlled Senate voted overwhelmingly to override Milei's vetoes by margins of 59-7 and 58-7, following a September congressional reversal reinstating a bill increasing spending for people with disabilities.
- The Senate's vote comes as Milei struggles to end a run on the Argentinian peso ahead of the crucial October 26 midterm elections, and analysts say he needs a strong result to preserve progress in Argentina's economy.
- Last week, the US government said it was in talks on a $20bn swap line as the Argentinian peso slumped again amid uncertainty, while US President Donald Trump recently backed Milei.
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The Argentine Senate reversed two vetoes imposed by Javier Milei and left firm laws that extend funds for universities and hospitals.
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Argentina’s Milei suffers veto overrides again, a blow before consequential midterms
BUENOS AIRES: Argentine lawmakers on Thursday overturned two vetoes by President Javier Milei, marking a setback for the libertarian leader ahead of key legislative elections that could shape the future of his economic reform agenda. The opposition-controlled Senate voted overwhelmingly to override Milei’s vetoes of bills boosting funding for public universities and pediatric
Argentina's Milei suffers veto overrides again, a blow before consequential midterms
Argentine lawmakers overturned on Thursday two vetoes by President Javier Milei, marking a setback for the libertarian leader ahead of key legislative elections that could shape the future of his economic reform agenda.
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