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  • 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.

  • 06/06/2012 | Argentina

    Lower House committees debate decriminalization of drug possesion

    Members of the “Addiction Prevention”, “Drugs Traffic Control”, and “Criminal Law” Lower House committees have started a series of debate meetings to analyze a total of eight draft bills aimed to decriminalize the possession of drugs for personal use.

  • 27/02/2013 | Argentina

    Lower House debates Iran agreement bill

    Lawmakers were debating at the Lower House of Congress a government-sponsored bill preliminary approved by the Senate, which authorizes the bilateral agreement between Iran and Argentina in order to investigate the AMIA bombing in 1994.

  • 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.

  • 22/04/2012 | Argentina

    Lower House to debate YPF bill on May 3

    The YPF expropriation bill which President Fernández de Kirchner sent to Congress this week is expected to finally be voted (and passed by a wide margin) by the Lower House on May 3. The bill calls for the expropriation of a 51 percent of YPF’s shares, currently owned by Spanish oil company Repsol.

  • 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.

  • 25/01/2012 | Argentina

    City Gov't denies lower subway fares for SUBE holders

    Deputy Mayor María Eugenia Vidal announced that the City Government will not offer SUBE card holders a lower subway fare, as the National Government is planning on doing with the bus and trains system after February 10.

     

  • 20/03/2012 | Argentina

    Central Bank's charter reform bill to be debated

    Expected to go faster than light, and with the stellar presence of Central Bank’s Governor Mercedes Marcó del Pont, the Budget and Finance, and National Economy and Investment committees approved the Central Bank’s charter reform draft bill and it will be debated on Wednesday at the Upper House floor.

  • 27/03/2012 | Argentina

    Lower House committees discuss transport transfer before special session

    Members of diverse Lower House’s committees will meet today to set last details over the transfer of the Subway, Pre-metro and Puerto Madero trams, and 33 metropolitan bus lines from the national government to the BA City administration, before it hits the parliamentary floor on Wednesday.

  • 07/09/2011 | Argentina

    Congress passes Argentina's bid to join other nations in creation of Bank of the South

    Lawmakers in the Lower House passed the bill that supports the National Government’s bid to join other regional countries in the creation of the Bank of the South (Banco del Sur).

  • 27/11/2011 | Argentina

    Inflation levels in 2012 'should be lower than this year's,' ADIMRA head assures

    The head of the Argentina Association of Industrial Metalworkers (ADIMRA), Juan Carlos Lascurain, said he believes “inflation in 2012 will be lower than that of 2011,” and considered that salary hikes next year “should be lower than the ones agreed in the last couple of years.”

  • 30/11/2011 | Argentina

    Lower House passes Gender Identity, 'Dignified Death' bills

    The Lower House granted preliminary approval to the Gender Identity and “Dignified Death” bills and sent them to the Upper House floor, where senators will continue to debate them.

  • 19/05/2011 | Argentina

    'Best way to cool soaring food prices is to boost output,' Gov't says during G20 Workshop

    The best way to cool soaring food prices is to boost output, the Government said, following talks on a French proposal for increased regulation of commodity markets.

  • 25/05/2011 | Argentina

    Cobos' run for seat in Lower House uncertain

    Vice-President Julio Cobos seemed unsure on whether or not to pursue a seat in the Lower House as a UCR lawmaker from Mendoza, since there has to be consensus within the party to support him.

  • 01/06/2011 | Argentina

    Lower House passes smoking ban law

    The Lower House passed a law that bans smoking in public spaces and forbids advertising, promoting and sponsoring tobacco companies and forces manufacturers to include warnings on the back of all cigarette packs detailing the harmful effects of smoking on health.

  • 25/01/2011 | Argentina

    Elisa Carrió shows support towards lowering criminal accountability age

    Lawmaker Elisa Carrio voiced her support of lowering the age of criminal responsibility to fourteen years old, which would allow courts to summon juvenile delinquents. She also backed the creation of a Youth Crime Regime.

  • 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.

  • 04/05/2011 | Argentina

    Lower House approves healthcare regulation bill

    The Lower House approved a pre-paid healthcare services regulation bill, which seeks to set limits to the healthcare's service providers to increase fees to its clientsa, amongst other issues. Earlier, the first debate session failed, but the Victory Front party and its allies managed to muster the necessay quorum.


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