Political Turmoil Heats Up After Brazil Vote and VP Critique
- Lower house selects committee favored by members of opposition
- Rousseff's 2nd-in-command complains in letter leaked to press
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Brazil’s political turbulence increased as lawmakers approved the opposition’s list of nominees for a committee that will weigh in on impeachment proceedings and Vice President Michel Temer took a personal swipe at his boss.
The lower house of Congress accepted the committee members by 272 to 199 on Tuesday evening in a tumultuous session marred by physical scuffles between lawmakers. The 65-member committee will hear President Dilma Rousseff’s defense and recommend whether the full lower house should allow impeachment hearings to start in the Senate.