A plenary session of the Lower House passed a government-proposed fiscal reform bill Thursday that will use wide-ranging measures to set reduction targets for key budget areas to slash the deficit.
The bill would oblige the government by fiscal 2003 to cut the fiscal deficit to 3 percent or less of gross domestic product and terminate deficit-covering bonds.
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