Lawmakers in Argentina’s lower house dealt President Javier Milei two heavy political defeats on Wednesday, voting to oveturrn vetoes of bills that will boost funding for paediatric care and state universities. As the Casa Rosada had feared, the opposition secured the required two-thirds majority in the Chamber of Deputies in both cases. Workers at the institution have walked off the job on repeated occasions in protest at working conditions and low pay. As the vote concluded, opposition lawmakers rose from their seats and broke into chants in defence of state higher education. Both measures will now go to the Senate, where the opposition will again need a two-thirds majority to secure their passage into law.