Lula reserved $ 9 billion at a worse moment with Congress

by Andrea
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Money has been committed in the last 30 days; relationship between executive and legislative undergoes wear that will have to be resolved from August

The government of the president (PT) accelerated the reserve of amendments to congressmen in this 2nd semester of 2025. The commitments reached R $ 9.7 billion until Thursday (17.Jul.2025) – if 93% of this amount were released in the last 30 days.

The allocation of resources began to be done more intensely from June, after many complaints from deputies and senators. Next year (2026), there is election and congressmen want to have works to show voters – be reelected or to help allies.

The person responsible for the political articulation of the government is the minister (institutional relations). The executive says the money delayed this year because the annual budget law took a long time to be approved (). The project guides the executive cashier.

The resource of resources for Congress so far (R $ 9.7 billion) represents 19.2% of R $ 50.3 billion separately for the whole year.

How much is the payment itself of the amendments, the amount released so far in 2025 is much lower than the committed: R $ 2.9 billion (5.7% of the total), as shown in the chart below:

Despite the intense release of money last month, the government failed to avoid some defeats in the legislature.

The most relevant failure was the high of the IOF (Tax on Financial Operations). Lula one on June 11 increasing the tax rate. Congressmen did not like. They articulated a PDL (Legislative Decree Project) to support the act of the Plateau.

This measure by the House on June 25, after the government tried to avoid. There were 383 votes against the Plateau (242 of these parties that on the terrace). Only 98 deputies were in favor. In the Senate, the PDL in symbolic vote – without voting record.

The rejection of Congress to the decree annoyed Lula and the economic team, headed by. The government had the discharge of tax to improve the situation of public accounts.

On July 1, the (General Advocacy of the Union) that would go to the Supreme Court (STF) against the legislature measure that sustained the increase in IOF. The decision intensified the climate between executive and congress.

The Supreme marked a conciliation meeting between the three powers on July 15 to try to reach a consensus on the subject, but there was no agreement. Minister Alexandre de Moraes, then, 1 day after the meeting maintains Lula’s decree, imposing a great defeat on deputies and senators.

The sequence of events marked one of the government’s worst weeks with Congress since the petista took office in 2023.

These wear are to be resolved in August. The deputies and senators entered their recess on Friday (18.Jul). They return to work only in August.

Commitment x Payment

The phase of commitment It is different from payment.

O commitment It is the 1st stage of the execution of public expense. It is when the government formalizes that it will reserve a portion of the money available in the budget for the bill proposed by a deputy or senator.

After the commitment, the value is, in fact, reserved. It acts as an authority insurance that the payment will be made. With this, the service indicated by an amendment can be contracted – in the expectation that the payment will indeed occur at some point.

After the commitment comes the stage of liquidation –When the government recognizes that the contracted service was delivered – and lastly the payment itself, with the liberation of the money in the account of those who performed the service.

Parties that + earn

PL, PT, PSD and União Brasil are the only acronyms that, so far, have more than $ 1 billion in reserved amendments. Subtitles are followed by MDB, PP and Republicans in the ranking of the parties with the most committed money.

Infographic on amendments reserved by the Lula government to Congress

The states with the most committed amendments are:

  • São Paulo: R $ 1.1 billion;
  • Minas Gerais: R $ 858 million;
  • Rio de Janeiro: R $ 800 million.

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