The relationship between the government (PT) and the Union will undergo a new test, this Wednesday (29).
Approval of the name is uncertain given the lack of support from the President of the House, (-AP).
In his third term, Lula suffered defeats in the Legislature such as the relaxation of so-called prison releases, the opening of an INSS parliamentary committee and the overturning of the IOF (Financial Operations Tax) decrees.
Remember some of them:
Environment
In June 2023, . The measure restructured federal government portfolios and removed powers from the Ministries of the Environment, such as the management of CAR (Rural Environmental Registry) and ANA (National Water Agency), and Indigenous Peoples, such as land demarcation.
At the time, the then Minister of the Environment Marina Silva (Rede), classified the change
Timeframe
Still in 2023, in December, excerpts from the bill establishing the thesis of the time frame for the demarcation of indigenous lands, approved in September of that year. One of the points blocked by the PT member included a proposal that opened a loophole for demarcated lands to be taken back by the Union.
Saidinhas
The following year, in 2024, the defeats continued. In May, Congress overturned the presidential veto that . The PT member’s veto was overturned in the Chamber by 314 votes to 126 and 2 abstentions and in the Senate by 55 to 11 with 1 abstention.
Pesticides
In the same month, . Known as the “Poison PL”, the text had been approved at the end of 2023.
Supported by the ruralist caucus, the movement granted more autonomy to the Ministry of Agriculture to oversee the control of pesticides. The measure also reduced duties previously related to Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency) and Ibama (Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources).
Costume Guidelines
Also in May 2024, the opposition gained support to maintain .
In December 2023, congressmen approved provisions that, among other things, prevented the Executive from encouraging and financing acts such as land invasion, sex change surgeries on children and abortions not provided for by law.
Lula had vetoed these sections, but Congress replaced them by a large majority.
INSS CPMI
On May 12, 2025, federal deputies and opposition senators filed a document to investigate illegal deductions in retirement and pensions at the (National Social Security Institute).
At the time, the federal government tried to avoid the action under the argument that there were already investigations into the matter by the Federal Police and the CGU (Comptroller General of the Union), in addition to one (Attorney General of the Union) to block the associations’ assets.
In March 2026, PT leaders and the Congress leadership to extend the CPMI.
IOF
In the middle of last year, in June, the Chamber and the Senate changed the IOF (Financial Operations Tax) rates. The movement marked the first time since the Collor government, in 1992, that Congress acted to overturn a presidential decree.
