sickness benefit The Senate must monitor the progress of the Social Security reform proposal with the Chamber of Deputies, even before the project reaches the senators for analysis. The president of the Senate informed that he must form a special committee to monitor it as he understands that the reform is urgent and because he has the feeling that the senators will prioritize the issue at the beginning of the legislature. As it is a proposed amendment to the Constitution (PEC), the pension reform requires the minimum support of three-fifths of parliamentarians: 308 of the 513 deputies and 49 of the 81 senators. If the proposal is approved in two rounds in the Chamber, it goes to the Senate, where it will also be submitted to two rounds of voting. Photo: Jefferson Rudy/Agência Senado