Brazil Congressional committee recommends impeaching President Rousseff

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff (R) and Vice President Michel Temer are pictured before an annual lunch with general officers in Brasilia, Brazil, December 16, 2015. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

BRASILIA (Reuters) - An impeachment committee of Brazil's lower house of Congress voted 38-27 on Monday that there are grounds to impeach President Dilma Rousseff on charges of breaking budget laws to allegedly favour her re-election in 2014. Now, the full lower house must vote on the impeachment proceedings, which is expected to take place on Sunday. If two-thirds of its members vote in favour, the impeachment will be sent to the Senate and Rousseff would be suspended if the upper house agrees by a simple majority to put her on trial. (Reporting by Anthony Boadle; Editing by Leslie Adler)