Temer Gets First Win as Brazil Congress Approves Budget Goal
- Lawmakers voted after marathon session that ran past midnight
- Lack of voting tally makes unclear how much support Temer has
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Brazil’s Acting President Michel Temer enjoyed his first victory in Congress on Wednesday when legislators approved his request to change this year’s budget target.
Lawmakers in a joint session of Congress supported government legislation that allows it to post a budget gap before interest payments of 170.5 billion reais ($47.7 billion) in 2016, rather than a primary surplus as proposed by the previous administration. The Senate and lower house approved the motion by acclamation following a marathon session that ran well past midnight.