MEXICO CITY—Mexico City Congress inflicted major setback on President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador late Sunday in his bid for state control over the country’s energy sector, a priority of his nationalist agenda.
Mexico’s lower house rejected constitutional amendments proposed by Mr López Obrador to give the country’s state-owned electricity company control of the electricity industry in a vote of 275 to 223, short of of the two-thirds majority required to amend the Mexican constitution. All opposition parties voted against the bill, while Mr. López Obrador’s Morena party and two small allies backed it.
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