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  • 19/12/2012 | Argentina

    'If Legislature doesn’t approve subway transfer, it’ll fall into limbo again'

    Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri said today that if the city legislature “doesn’t approve” the subway transfer to the city government, the service “will fall into limbo again.”

  • 19/12/2012 | Argentina

    Lower House approves Human Trafficking bill

    The Lower House of Congress approved today the Human trafficking bill almost unanimously - 224 in favour and one abstained from voting.

  • 20/12/2012 | Argentina

    City Legislature approves subway transfer

    The Buenos Aires subway service is now in the hands of centre-right PRO government run by Mauricio Macri after receiving the final nod by lawmakers at the city legislature today. 

  • 29/11/2012 | Argentina

    Senate approves capital markets regulation bill

    The Upper House of Congress approved today a government-sponsored bill to regulate capital markets by 40 votes in favour and 22 against.

  • 30/11/2012 | Argentina

    City Legislature debates subway transfer bill

    The bill that seeks to transfer the subte service administration to the City govermment began to be debated in a meeting of the Public Works, Budget and Treasury comittees of the Legislature.

  • 07/12/2012 | Argentina

    Subway transfer bill cleared for debate in Legislature

    The subway management transfer was bill cleared for debate today at the Legislature and will be discussed on the floor on Thursday, although uling PRO party failed to muster the necessary votes to pass the bill.

  • 11/11/2012 | Argentina

    Kirchnerites willing to approve 'Per Saltum' this week

    The Lower House of Congress will hold a debate on Wednesday, as the pro-goverment bloc is willing to approve the "Per Saltum" bill.

  • 14/11/2012 | Argentina

    Lower House lawmakers approve 'per saltum' bill

    Lawmakers in the Lower House of Congress approved  ‘per saltum’ bill in a special session, with 135 votes in favour and 95 against the measure, will allow the Supreme Court to pass laws without going through the full legal process.

  • 21/11/2012 | Argentina

    Lower House approves stock market regulation bill

    Lawmakers in the Lower House preliminary approved a bill which seeks to modify the regulatory scheme of the stock market, and will be debated in the Upper House next week.

  • 31/10/2012 | Argentina

    Lower House approves teen vote

    The Lower House of Congress approved the government-sponsored teen suffrage bill, that allows 16-18 year olds the chance to vote in national elections, by 131 votes in favour and 2 against.

  • 31/10/2012 | Argentina

    Senate approves 2013 Budget bill

    The Upper House of Congress passed the 2013 Budget bill and turned into law as the ruling party and its traditional allies hold the majority. According to the budget, the country will grow at a 4.4 rate, inflation will be 10.8 percent and the official dollar exchange rate will be 5.10 pesos.

  • 02/11/2012 | Argentina

    Teen vote law comes into force

    The teen vote law, given the nod yesterday by Lower House lawmakers and President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, was made official today and signed into the Official Gazette by way of decree 2106/2012.

  • 02/10/2012 | Argentina

    Senate preliminary approves ART bill reform

    The Upper House of Congress preliminary approved the reform of the ART risk insurance law, with 41 votes in favour and 19 against. Meanwhile, the "femicide" sentences bill was unanimously approved, passed back to the Lower House.

  • 30/10/2012 | Argentina

    Lower House to debate teen suffrage

    The debate at the Lower House of Congress over government-sponsored teen suffrage bill will begin on Wednesday.

  • 30/10/2012 | Argentina

    Senate to debate Budget, 'per saltum' bills

    The Upper House of Congress will debate the Budget 2013 and "per saltum" bills in an intense session that is expected to last several hours.

  • 05/09/2012 | Argentina

    Congress passes bill declaring 9/24 a one-time national holiday

    The Upper House voted in favour of passing a bill declaring next Monday September 24th a one-time national holiday in order to commemorate the bicentennial of the Battle of Tucumán.

  • 12/09/2012 | Argentina

    Victory Front senator wishes to make teen suffrage compulsory

    The head of the Victory Front caucus in the Senate Miguel Ángel Pichetto made clear the Kirchnerite lawmakers' stance on the teen suffrage bill stating that he thought the vote should be "made compulsory", in a radio interview today.

  • 19/09/2012 | Argentina

    Pro-gov't lawmakers further defend teen suffrage bill

    On entering the Senate’s session today, in which the teen suffrage bill was being debated, senators for the Victory Front caucus further defended the bill highlighting the positive effects the possible new law could have on the next election.

  • 21/08/2012 | Argentina

    Appropriation of ex-Ciccone 'should get unanimous vote,' Rossi

    Head of the Victory Front (FpV) caucus in the Lower House Agustín Rossi, sustained today that the bill being pushed in the Congress, through which the government will appropriate the mint company formerly known as Ciccone Calcográfica, said “it should gain a unanimous vote.”

  • 05/09/2012 | Argentina

    Senate committee debates bill that could give 16-18 year olds the vote

    The Senate began today the debate of the bill that, if passed into law, would allow young people between the age of 16 and 18 to vote, as well as foreigners who have been living in the country for two years.

  • 05/09/2012 | Argentina

    Pro-government lawmakers back youth vote bill

    Pro-government lawmakers from both the Upper and Lower House of Congress expressed their support of the bill being debated by the Constitutional Affairs Committee, which if passed into law, will allow 16 to 18-year-olds the chance to vote in the presidential election.

  • 09/06/2012 | Argentina

    Cardinal Bergoglio bashes bill to legalize drugs for personal consumption

    Archbishop of Buenos Aires Jorge Mario Bergoglio criticized yesterday the bill that aims to legalize drugs for personal consumption, which is sponsored by the ruling Victory Front and backed by the Radical Civic Union and the Broad Progressive Front.

  • 12/06/2012 | Argentina

    'We are not pushing for pesification of contracts,' Alak

    Justice Minister Julio Alak assured this morning that the Government is not planning “any pesification in contracts, nor for savings”, in the bill put forward for the reform of the Civil Code, to be debated by the Congress.

  • 08/08/2012 | Argentina

    Lower House approves Banco Ciudad bill

    The Lower House of Congress approved today a bill that, if passed by the Senate will have court deposits moved from Banco Ciudad to Banco Nación, in a short session following the opposition’s early withdrawal from the debate.

  • 03/05/2012 | Argentina

    Lower House approves YPF expropriation bill

    After a two-day session, lawmakers in the Lower House voted in favour of the YPF expropriation bill, which was passed by 207 votes supporting the move against 32 against it. Six lawmakers abstained from voting. Only a week ago, the Senate had preliminarily approved the bill that calls for the expropriation of a 51 percent of the YPF shares.

  • 03/05/2012 | Argentina

    UCR's Deputy Aguad says party backs YPF expropriation due to 'pressures'

    Radical Party’s Oscar Aguad assured today that a large majority of his Radical fellow-lawmakers reject the YPF draft bill to expropriate 51 percent of energy company YPF sponsored by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, but they have been “pressured during the past two weeks” to back the project.

  • 09/05/2012 | Argentina

    Senate passes 'gender idendity' law

    The Senate approved the gender identity bill, which allows citizens to officially change their name and sexual identity if they wish to so, without the need to request a special permission in court.

  • 25/04/2012 | Argentina

    Morales: 'The UCR bloc will vote in favour of the YPF bill'

    National senator Gerardo Morales affirmed today that the UCR Radical party bloc overall would vote in favour of the expropriation of 51% of YPF’s shares, but said he would state differences over the decision separately.

  • 26/04/2012 | Argentina

    Senate passes YPF expropriation bill

    The Upper House passed Repsol-YPF’s expropriation bill late last night after debating for more than 15 hours. With 63 votes in favour, 3 against and 4 abstained from voting, Senators passed the bill sent to Congress by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner that calls for the expropriation of 51 percent stake in YPF oil and gas giant, which are currently held by Spain-based energy company Repsol. Now the bill will be sent to the Lower House for final approval next week.

  • 29/04/2012 | Argentina

    Aguad calls UCR to ‘rebuild identity’, confirms disagreement with YPF expropriation

    Radical party’s Deputy Oscar Aguad came on stage to reaffirm his differences with the party’s decision to vote in favour of the expropriation of YPF on next Thursday’s Lower House’s session, and confirmed that he will not endorse the measure.

  • 20/04/2012 | Argentina

    Menem: 'I will back YPF's expropriation'

    Former president Carlos Menem said today he will attend the Upper House debate on YPF's expropriation and back the national government's bill.

  • 25/04/2012 | Argentina

    Senate expected to approve YPF takeover bill

    A vote on the YPF takeover bill was expected late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning as the Upper House kept debating the bill which President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner sent to Congress this week. The bill calls for the expropriation of a 51 percent of YPF’s shares, currently owned by Spanish oil company Repsol.

  • 25/04/2012 | Argentina

    Aníbal Fernández: 'Today's debate will go down in history'

    National senator Aníbal Fernández, affirmed that “today's session will go down in history," referring to the debate on the YPF expropriation bill which starts at 10am and is expected to be passed by a wide margin. The bill calls for the expropriation of a 51 percent of YPF’s shares, currently owned by Spanish oil company Repsol.

  • 03/04/2012 | Argentina

    Legislature to review bill allowing gay foreign couples to marry in BA

    Lawmaker María Rachid introduced a draft bill in the City Legislature on Tuesday which looks to allow foreign gay couples to marry in Buenos Aires without the need of a local address.

  • 17/04/2012 | Argentina

    Economy Deputy-Minister Kicillof: 'We will not pay Repsol what they say'

    During today's debate held over the Repsol-YPF expropriation draft bill at the Upper House, Economy Deputy-Minister Axel Kicillof stated that "Argentina will not pay Repsol whatever amount they consider the company is worth", and remarked that the government's intervention on the oil and gas company will “review” the company's accounting documents as previous directors kept key data as “secret information” leaving a cloud of doubt over YPF’s real value.

  • 19/04/2012 | Argentina

    YPF Gas to be added to expropriation bill

    National senator Aníbal Fernández, who presided over yesterday’s and Tuesday’s session, announced yesterday that a modification would be made to the original bill to add another Repsol-owned company to the expropriation.

  • 21/03/2012 | Argentina

    Senate preliminary approves subway service transfer bill

    The Upper House preliminary approved the bill that seeks to transfer the subway service administration to the City. The Senators were debating each article and some of the senators who voted in favour of the motion would express certain concerns. The session will later debate the bill that seeks to reform the Central Bank’s charter

  • 21/03/2012 | Argentina

    Lower House passes bill banning women from 'forgiving' their rapists

    The Lower House of Congress passed a bill that bans women from forgiving their rapists. The avenimiento is a legal stance in the Penal Code which allows rapists to be released from prison and have their charges dropped against them if their victim agrees to do so, providing they had a pre-existing relationship.

  • 27/03/2012 | Argentina

    Kirchnerites send subway bill to Lower House floor

    The Victory Front, along with allies from other parties, voted in favour of sending to the Lower House floor a preliminary approved bill that orders the transfer of the management of the subway system from the National to the City government. The bill also calls for transferring 33 bus lines and the Premetro tram to the City’s jurisdiction.

  • 19/12/2011 | Argentina

    Lorenzino does not foresee 'strangling of trade balance'

    Economy Minister Hernán Lorenzino said before Parliament today the government does not foresee a “strangling of the trade balance” for 2012, anticipating a positive result.

  • 19/12/2011 | Argentina

    Reinforced Senate to face Venegas’ protest

    Although the Lower House could avoid any demonstration by preliminary approving the new farm worker law at 3am, the Senate had to be fenced to face a protest summoned by UATRE farm hands union leader Gerónimo Venegas. The Agriculture Committee of the Upper House is expected to begin the debate at 6pm.

  • 19/12/2011 | Argentina

    Committee clears 2012 budget bill for Senate debate

    The Senate’s Budget and Treasury Committee cleared the 2012 budget bill, which will be discussed on the floor next Wednesday. The extension of the economic emergency bill as well as the one on cigarette and checks taxes were also cleared for debate.

  • 07/12/2011 | Argentina

    Legislature debates bill banning street peddlers

    The City Legislature was debating a bill seekiing to ban street peddlers who carry their activities in public spaces "for mere survival."Earlier the Legislature passed a law that seeks to regulate the activity of parking thugs by creating a registry in which those over 18 and lacking enough funds to attend their needs and those of their families must be enrolled, in order to control the parking of cars in public spaces.

  • 13/12/2011 | Argentina

    Newsprint bill cleared for debate in Congress

    A bill looking to declare the fabrication, commercialization and distribution of print paper “a matter of public interest” was cleared for debate in Congress after five Lower House committees debated the initiative for almost three hours. 

  • 14/12/2011 | Argentina

    CGT lawmakers abstain from supporting CFK bill in Congress

    Lawmakers Facundo Moyano, Héctor Recalde and Omar Plaini, all members of the Kirchnerite caucus in the Lower House, abstained from signing a bill that looks to reform the statutes of rural workers, sent to Congress by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

  • 08/11/2011 | Argentina

    Gender Identity Law bill moves forward

    The Lower House moved forward with the Gender Identity Law, which will allow citizens to officially change their name and gender on their National Identity Card (DNI) without having a court permit or presenting their medical studies.

  • 30/11/2011 | Argentina

    Congress passes bill to make next February 27th. a national holiday

    Next year Argentina will see a total of eighteen holidays after Congress passed a bill that will make next February 27 a one-time-only national holiday in order to celebrate the creation and first swearing-in of the Argentine flag.

  • 01/12/2011 | Argentina

    CGT to insist on revenue-sharing bill in Congress

    The CGT umbrella union decided it will insist on having Congress debate a revenue-sharing bill, even though the initiative has already been rejected by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

  • 17/10/2011 | Argentina

    Teachers call 48-hr strike in protest of City Gov't bill

    Teachers in the City of Buenos Aires have called a 48-hour strike on Wednesday and Thursday in protest of the City government’s bill intending to eliminate Classification Boards and for the full recognition of the City’s Teacher Statute.

  • 02/11/2011 | Argentina

    Deputies divided as abortion bill moves in Congress

    Deputy Martín Sabatella came on stage to support yesterday’s Congressional Criminal Law Committee approval to a preliminary resolution to allow for a 12-week upper-limit abortion bill to move to the next stage, but the controversy is on as other lawmakers stand totally against it.

  • 04/11/2011 | Argentina

    Lescano:'We've always supported the profit-sharing bill'

    Oscar Lescano, the head of the power workers union, assured that they “have always supported the profit-sharing bill” triggered by the CGT labour confederation union, but he considered that “is not a priority for the government,” while visiting Ambito de debate tv show.

  • 13/06/2011 | Argentina

    As she signs smoking ban bill into law, CFK reveals past miscarriage

    As she signed the smoking ban bill into law, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner recalled that after suffering a miscarriage back in 1984 she could not get pregnant for several years, until she stopped smoking in 1988, which helped her conceive her daughter Florencia.

  • 08/09/2011 | Argentina

    'The land bill is not serious,' lawmaker Victoria Donda says

    While visiting the Ambito de Debate TV show, Libres del Sur Movement’s lawmaker Victoria Donda discussed the bill currently being debated in Congress aimed at restricting land purchases by foreigners, and assured that discussions surrounding it “are not serious.”

  • 26/09/2011 | Argentina

    City bill banning parking thugs, squeegee men moves forward

    The Justice Committee in the City Legislature reactivated a bill looking to ban parking thugs and squeegee men from the streets. The initiative was drafted by the PRO party and is supported by Mayor Mauricio Macri, and looks to punish citizens engaged in these activities with fines or prison.

  • 03/05/2011 | Argentina

    'No date set' for debating profit-sharing bill in Congress, Gov't says

    Labour Minister Carlos Tomada assured that during yesterday’s meeting between President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and high-ranking CGT officials, neither side “discussed any possible dates” to begin debate of the profit-sharing bill in Congress.

  • 01/06/2011 | Argentina

    Senate passes amendments to money laundering bill

    With 61 votes in favour and 2 against, the Upper House passed a bill that will amend the Penal Code in order to include money laundering in the list of criminal activities, in compliance with demands by the international Financial Action Task Force (GAFI), which had threatened to sanction Argentina if the changes weren’t made soon.

  • 02/06/2011 | Argentina

    Clinton meets with politicians and businessmen in Puerto Madero

    Former US President Bill Clinton arrived in Buenos Aires to take part in a meeting with governors, politicians and business leaders at the Faena Hotel in Puerto Madero

  • 30/03/2011 | Argentina

    Lower House fails to muster quorum, income tax floor bill debate postponed

    The Lower House failed to debate a bill that looked to increase the income tax floor due to a lack of quorum.

  • 13/04/2011 | Argentina

    Lower House to debate health insurance draft bill next week

    The Lower House approved a motion to debate in its next session a draft bill regarding health insurance companies, despite the official bloc urging the opposition caucus to give  table emotion treatment to the bill.

  • 01/05/2011 | Argentina

    Gov't expresses support over profit-sharing bill

    Before a new round of talks between the Labour Union Confederation (CGT) and the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA) begins in order to relaunch the social accord, the government expressed its support for lawmaker Hector Recalde’s bill that requires companies to distribute 10 percent of profits to workers.

  • 20/01/2011 | Argentina

    De Narváez blasts kirchnerites over shooting down bill targeting underage criminals

    Federal Peronist lawmaker Francisco de Narváez accused kirchnerites of “shooting down a bill” that was looking to lower the legal responsibility age from 18 to 14 in order to be able to take underage criminals to court.

  • 27/01/2011 | Argentina

    Gov’t issues treasury bill for over $631 million

    The government issued a Treasury bill for $631,6 million paying 5 percent and set to expire on March 23, 2011, the Official Gazette reported.

  • 23/03/2011 | Argentina

    UCR introduces bill to promote 'transparency in unions, health insurance companies'

    UCR lawmakers in the Upper and Lower houses introduced a bill aimed at “increasing transparency in unions and health insurance companies,” and declaring their funds as “public interest,” for which they would be forced to make information about all transactions available to the public.

  • 09/05/2012 | World

    UK's Queen unveils plans to reform Upper House

    A bill to reform United Kingdom's House of Lords has been included in the Queen's speech as one of three constitutional bills, but severe doubts remain that the reforms will reach the statute book as David Cameron's aides continue to play it down.

  • 24/07/2012 | World

    Spain's borrowing costs rise at bill sale

    Spain's borrowing costs rose at an auction of 3.05 billion euros of three- and six-month Treasury bills today. The average yield was 2.434 percent for the three-month bills compared with 2.362 percent in June and 3.691 percent for six-month paper compared with 3.237 percent.

  • 18/01/2013 | World

    Canada put 'wrong' maple leaf on new C$20 bill

    The Bank of Canada has barked up the wrong maple tree with its new plastic banknotes, using a foreign Norway maple leaf as the emblem on the notes instead of the sugar maple that the country has on its national flag, an eagle-eyed Canadian botanist says.

  • 11/10/2011 | World

    US Senate approves China yuan bill, House fate unclear

    The US Senate approved a controversial bill to punish China over its currency in an effort to save US jobs, sending it to the House of Representatives where its fate is uncertain.

  • 17/12/2011 | World

    US Congress passes spending bill to keep gov't running

    The US Senate passed a US$915 billion bill to fund most federal agency activities through next September and avert a government shutdown.

  • 05/04/2012 | World

    Obama signs bill to boost business startups

    US President Barack Obama signed into law a bipartisan bill to kickstart small business growth and he promised rigorous oversight to make sure the measure does not harm investors, as critics have warned.

  • 10/12/2010 | World

    Ireland passes third budget bill

    Ireland's parliament pushed through the third major vote underpinning its harsh 2011 budget, setting the stage for its expected approval next month and a general election shortly afterwards.

  • 01/04/2011 | World

    Wisconsin suspends enforcement of anti-union law

    Wisconsin suspended enforcement of a new law reducing public sector union powers yesterday after a judge ruled it had not taken effect, while Ohio enacted a similar measure curbing collective bargaining by state employees.

  • 21/09/2011 | World

    US House unexpectedly defeats spending bill

    The US House of Representatives unexpectedly defeated a bill that would fund the federal government past Sept. 30 as dozens of Republicans broke with their party to push for deeper spending cuts.

  • 15/11/2012 | Latin America

    Mexico lawmaker introduces bill to legalize marijuana

    A Mexican lawmaker presented a bill today to legalize the production, sale and use of marijuana, adding to a growing chorus of Latin American politicians who are rejecting the prohibitionist policies of the United States.

  • 16/01/2012 | Sports

    FIFA urges Brazil to pass World Cup bill

    Brazil had been demanding too much in negotiating the conditions for hosting the 2014 World Cup but a legal dispute should be settled within days, FIFA said.


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