News of senate

2019 Elections

Peronists set to dominate divided Congress

23-06-2019 16:53 While all eyes are on the presidential elections in Argentina, the race for the country's Congress is key to understanding what policy scenarios the next government will face.

by Gabriel Ziblat

UNITED STATES

US voters hand Democrats a check on Trump’s agenda

10-11-2018 11:04 Bolstered ranks in the House countered by GOP control of Senate.

POLITICS & PRAGMATISM

Will the real Mauricio Macri please stand up?

10-11-2018 10:07 Two things connect Macri’s negotiations in the Chamber of Deputies, the Senate, and with union leaders: Macri never led the conversation and in every case he was forced to pay to play.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

NATIONAL DILEMMA

Government rules out referendum on abortion reform

11-08-2018 12:29 The government says it will not consider holding a referendum, following the Senate’s rejection of a bill to legalise the procedure up until the 14th week of pregnancy.

EDITORIAL

Law of the land – for the time being

11-08-2018 12:08 Thursday’s vote by no means closes off debate – on the contrary, the issue has been firmly installed in the public mind.

ABORTION DEBATE

Abortion campaigners vow to continue fight despite loss in Senate

11-08-2018 08:51 Campaigners and NGOs remain upbeat after lawmakers in the upper house reject bill to legalise elective abortion.

KEY STORIES

July 1st- 7th: What we learned this week

07-07-2018 08:51 What has happened the last seven days?

KEY STORIES

June 25th-30th: What we learned this week

30-06-2018 10:33 Hightlights of the last seven days.

EDITORIAL

Editorial: Momentous – and with growing momentum

16-06-2018 09:06 In a nation that is overwhelmingly Catholic but at the same time progressively inclined, the legalisation of abortion was a key debate that had to happen.

ABORTION REFORM

Focus shifts to Senate after historic abortion vote

16-06-2018 08:53 After marathon 23-hour session, lawmakers vote to in favour of legislation that would allow elective abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy, sending the measure to the Senate.

NEW LAW ALREADY VETOED

Utility prices: Senate deals blow to Macri as unions ready to strike

31-05-2018 11:31 The CGT is believed to be preparing a date for a general strike which will be announced sometime this week.

Doubts remains about CFK’s vote

CFK’s Senate bloc to vote in favour of abortion: senator

14-03-2018 10:23 Since a debate about abortion resurfaced this summer, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has not expressed her voting intention or even addressed the issue of abortion publicly.

As labour movements march on Congress

Senate passes pension, tax reforms

30-11-2017 12:09 The government received good news from the Senate yesterday where a majority voted in favour of two of its most important reforms in tax redistribution and pensions.