The lower house finance committee passed a bill to lower the forecast price for a Mexican barrel of crude next year to $81 from a government proposal of $82 per barrel and down from $94 budgeted this year.
Lawmakers, mostly from the opposition conservative National Action Party (PAN), made reservations to the bill, but the committee agreed to let objections be discussed during a vote on the floor of the lower house that was set for Thursday.
International oil prices have slumped to a three-year low amid a glut of production and concerns about slowing global growth. Mexico, Latin . . .
