Brazil announces deal to vote on key World Cup bill

Brazilian congressmen say they have reached a deal to vote on a key bill regulating the 2014 World Cup.

Opposition leaders said Tuesday they have agreed to vote on the bill Wednesday. The deal came after the government agreed on a date to vote on other legislation that had been causing the delay on the World Cup bill.

Hours earlier, the government leader in Congress had said the vote wasn't expected to happen by the end of the month as wanted by FIFA, and that it would likely be delayed until after Easter.

The proposed law, which gives FIFA financial and legal guarantees to organize the event, is still not likely to be sanctioned by the end of March because it still has to go through the senate before reaching President Dilma Rousseff for her signature.