Congresso Nacional, Brasilia, DF. Projeto do arquiteto Oscar Niemeyer, 1958. Photo: Eduardo Signer, 14/01/2014 .National Congress of Brazil. Oscar Niemeyer project, 1958. Congresso Nacional, Brasilia, DF. Projeto do arquiteto Oscar Niemeyer, 1958. Foto: Eduardo Aigner, 14/01/2011.National Congress of Brazil. Oscar Niemeyer pro. The hemi-sphere looking down is the Senate, and the other one is the Chamber. Why that? According to the maker, the Senate is by nature more conservative, whereas the Chamber is more opened to the popular clamor; so, the Senate was built more hermetic, and the Chamber more opened. Also, because the Senate and the Chamber have complementary functions (read further below), they were also shaped in a complementary way (each House could be stacked on top of the other).The two buildings in between the hemi-spheres are called Annex I and this is where part of the administrative staff of the Congress is located. …show more content…
Among these expenses included are salaries of 15,647 actual severs and commissioned the house and senate of 6345. Expenses, in proposed Union budget for 2013 also includes people retiring, pension, indemnities, purchase of consumables, outsourced services, among other items. Last year, congress national spent 7.6 billion, 10% lower than expected for the current year. Of this total, R$ 373 million, or 5% of the value were allocated to fund the outstanding expenses in 2011. Only with payment of remuneration to the Houses were spending 3 billion, which represents 40% of spending in congress. Beyond salaries themselves within that amount includes the additional nights, the mergers, additional dangerous or unhealthy, vacation, 13th salary, among