ArgentinaCongress 2025: 11 Laws Enacted, the Lowest Level in Ten Years
With 20 committee discharge motions, 7 presidential vetoes, and 5 rejected decrees, the legislative year closed with the lowest lawmaking output of the past decade, in a Congress where the opposition succeeded in setting the agenda.
In 2025, Congress passed a total of 11 laws during the regular session period, which ended on November 30. It was the year with the lowest legislative production in the last decade, marked by a lack of consensus and the intensive use of oversight tools by the opposition.
Throughout the year, 22 sessions were held, 11 of which were special sessions—evidence of the difficulties in agreeing on a shared agenda among political forces. The year was also notable for an unprecedented use of committee discharge motions. While in previous periods the maximum had been three, in 2025 there were 20, signaling the opposition’s effort to force the consideration of bills in the face of a governing party reluctant to open debates.
Among the laws enacted were three international agreements (pending from Alberto Fernández’s presidency) and eight initiatives driven by the opposition: the declaration of emergency in Bahía Blanca, two increases for pensions, the Disability Emergency, the modification of National Treasury contributions to provinces, funding for national universities, the Pediatric Health Emergency, and the Nicolás Law. No government-sponsored bills became law.
Of the 11 approved laws, seven were vetoed by the Executive Branch. In three of those cases, Congress insisted and overturned the vetoes. In this dynamic, Congress operated as opposition territory, extensively using legislative tools to uphold its agenda and limit the government’s. The tension between both branches also appeared in decree oversight: in 2025, four delegated authority decrees and one emergency decree were rejected.
The government’s legislative strategy was constrained by its numerical weakness. However, the new composition of Congress after the October elections opens a more favorable scenario for the administration, which could shift from a defensive to a more proactive approach if it succeeds in building the necessary alliances.