The national government is preparing for a key week in Congress, where it seeks to display political strength and parliamentary articulation capacity with a legislative offensive focused on three central projects of its economic program: the 2026 Budget, the initiative known as “fiscal innocence” to encourage the formalization of undeclared dollar savings, and the law aimed at protecting the fiscal balance through criminal penalties.
From the environment of the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Martín Menem, they maintain that both projects go “hand in hand” with the budgetary discussion and reinforce the message of fiscal discipline that Milei intends to consolidate. To secure the necessary votes, the head of the ruling bloc, Gabriel Bornoroni, led a series of meetings in recent days with representatives of all blocs.
In parallel, the ruling coalition will attempt to launch the accelerated processing of labor reform in the Senate. The strategy of the Casa Rosada is ambitious. The new head of the ruling bloc in the upper chamber, Patricia Bullrich, is pushing for a fast-track procedure for the labor reform, with the intention of starting the debate in committee this same week.
The first is the so-called “fiscal innocence,” which proposes a change of approach in the persecution of evasion and seeks to encourage the voluntary disclosure of undeclared dollars. The second is the law that prohibits the fiscal deficit, incorporating criminal penalties for officials who violate the balance of public accounts.
The Budget and Finance Committee will continue to be chaired by the libertarian Alberto “Bertie” Benegas Lynch and will have a composition that, with allies, would allow the ruling bloc to reach a majority opinion. In addition to its own legislators, the government bets on maintaining the support of the Pro-UCR inter-bloc and the provincial spaces aligned with governors who maintain a fluid relationship with the Casa Rosada.
La Libertad Avanza has 95 deputies, making it the largest bloc in the lower chamber, a strength that will be reflected in the composition of key committees. However, this objective faces obstacles. Among them are the blocs that respond to Raúl Jalil, Osvaldo Jaldo, Gustavo Sáenz, and Marcelo Orrego, whose deputies were already decisive in key votes during 2025. The committees are not yet formally constituted, and several senators have already anticipated that they will request the summoning of specialists, unions, and representatives of the sectors affected by the reform.
