How a Bill Becomes Frankensteined

How a Bill Becomes Frankensteined

In Arizona, a bill can start out as one idea and end up being something completely different. And lawmakers have tools — like strike-everything amendments and conference committees — that let them sw…

The risk of a project that exempts up to R$ 5,000 from income tax and increases the taxation of higher incomes is that during the process it will become a “Frankenstein”, depending on what the deputies and senators include or remove. The project presented by the government has a beginning, middle and end. As the rapporteur of the bill, Congressman Arthur Lira wants to take advantage of parts of a bill approved by the Chamber and rejected by the …