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Artificial Intelligence, Democracy and Public PolicyParliamentary Amendments
In this episode of the Ponto a Ponto series, Beatriz Rey and Marcos Mendes discuss the role of parliamentary amendments in the Brazilian political system, their impact on the relationship between the executive and legislative branches, and recent changes that have increased their influence on the public budget.
The conversation also analyzes the risks associated with the growing volume of funds controlled by Congress, in addition to presenting different reform proposals to improve the mechanism.
Parliamentary Amendments
Experts in this episode: Beatriz Rey, PhD in political science and researcher at the Universidade de Lisboa, and Marcos Mendes, PhD in economics and associate researcher at Insper.
Meet the experts:
Beatriz Rey
With a Ph.D. in political science, she is a researcher at the Universidade de Lisboa and a visiting researcher at Insper. She has served as a visiting researcher at the SNF Instituto Agora, Johns Hopkins University, the POPVOX Foundation, and the Center for Congressional Studies at UERJ and as a legislative assistant in the U.S. Congress (2021–2022).
Marcos Mendes
Ph.D. in economics, he is an associate researcher at Insper, a licensed civil servant at the Federal Senate’s Legislative Advisory Office, and an economics columnist for Folha de S. Paulo. He was head of the Special Advisory Office at the Ministry of Finance (2016–2018).
The debate took place in February 2026. The opinions of the interviewees do not necessarily reflect the views of the Fundação FHC.
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