Poll: Majority of Brazil's MPs Support President's Impeachment

Most members in Brazil’s lower house favor impeaching Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff but there might not be enough votes in parliament to bring charges against her. The Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo reported that a poll of lawmakers taken between March 21 and April 7 showed 60 percent of the country's parliament supports impeachment. That would not be enough to proceed with impeachment. According to Datafolha, a leading pollster, 308 representatives from both the lower...

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