Political Parties in the Joint Budget Committee (2006-2010)

This book analyzes the decision-making process of the Joint Committee on Plans, Public Budgets and Oversight on the Provisional Measures for Financial Aid to exporting states and municipalities between 2006 and 2010. It highlights the importance of the Senate as a decision-maker in the political impasses that exist in the approval of Provisional Financial Aid Measures. On the basis of the Senate's federalist foundations, the parties and leaders establish greater cohesion and rationality in the decision-making process. This emphasizes the importance of parties and leaderships in the budget decision-making process, guaranteeing the necessary governing capacity for the executive branch. The federative representative arrangement is analyzed in terms of its limitations and possibilities and a better understanding of multi-party coalition presidentialism. The conclusion is that the Senate is an important decision-making body and plays a distinctive role in guiding financial aid policies.