Overview
- The Senate granted the Chamber of Deputies permission to cancel the rest of this week’s plenary sessions and resume on February 10, 2026.
- The authorization, requested by the lower house, passed by hand-raising vote after Senate President Laura Itzel Castillo put it to the floor and Secretary Claudia Anaya conducted the count.
- Under congressional rules, deputies would have been required to meet from Tuesday to Friday without the Senate’s dispensation.
- Coordinators framed the pause as time for committees to advance reports and ready proposals tied to expected electoral and anti-corruption initiatives from the federal government.
- Commentators criticized the near eight-day gap in floor work, as the Senate’s session highlighting the approval also included a minute of silence for the late Senator Gustavo Sánchez Vázquez.