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On September 26, officials were considering whether to accept the Senate’s amended central bank bill in the lower house, where a fight over appointments could still delay final approval.
The proposed law would tighten the barrier between the monetary authority and the government, but it needed a congressional vote and could still be changed by a future legislature.
Source: Reuters, 30 Jul 2026
In his March 1 address, the president pointed to labor legislation and trade agreements as evidence of momentum, while clashes in the chamber showed that political resistance had not receded.
Source: Casa Rosada, 1 Mar 2026
A 24-hour walkout on February 19 disrupted flights and transport while the lower house took up labor legislation, laying bare organized labor's opposition to the government's program.
Source: Deutsche Welle, 19 Feb 2026
The February 5 deal promised broader US access for Argentine beef and tariff relief on other products, while Argentina committed to opening markets; Congress still had to examine it.
Source: Deutsche Welle, 5 Feb 2026
The January 17 signature gave Argentina a prospective new European trade framework, but parliamentary approval and ratification still stood between ceremony and implementation.
Source: Reuters, 17 Jan 2026
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The libertarian alliance gained veto protection and became a leading parliamentary force, but passing ordinary laws still requires coalitions across two chambers.
Source: Argentine Constitution, 10 Dec 2025
La Libertad Avanza led the national count after a bruising provincial loss and peso crisis. The party secured enough lower-house seats to shield presidential vetoes, though it remained short of a majority.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald, midterm results, 26 Oct 2025
The president blocked three laws passed by Congress in July, saying their costs threatened Argentina’s balanced budget. Opposition lawmakers prepared to test whether they had the votes to reverse him.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald, Senate bills, 4 Aug 2025
Congress voted to skip the national PASO primaries for the October midterms, giving the government a cost-cutting win while leaving a longstanding electoral mechanism's future unresolved.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald, Senate vote, 20 Feb 2025
Deputies failed to override a second presidential veto on October 9, leaving public universities and their unions to confront a year of disputed budgets and a new struggle over salaries.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald, 9 Oct 2024
An opposition-backed rise for retirees fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to defeat the president's first veto, exposing a sharp divide over who should bear the cost of balancing the budget.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald, 11 Sep 2024
Deputies gave final approval to the president's flagship reforms on June 28, granting limited emergency powers and investment incentives while reinstating disputed changes to income and wealth taxes.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald, 28 Jun 2024
In his March 1 address to Congress, the president recast his reform agenda as a proposed agreement with provincial leaders on fiscal balance, property rights and structural change.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald, 1 Mar 2024
After winning approval in principle, the government's sprawling reform proposal returned to committee on February 6, exposing the limits of a small congressional bloc's mandate.
Source: Reuters, 6 Feb 2024
At his December 10 inauguration, Argentina's new president promised painful fiscal shock to avert a deeper crisis, testing how much disruption voters and Congress would tolerate.
Source: Reuters, 10 Dec 2023
