A few hours before the start of the November 29th election campaign and the day after the general strike for housing, Congress has rescued the the Maricarmen decree that temporarily suspends evictions for vulnerable families and extends leases for two years. The progressive majority of the permanent deputation—the body that remains in office after the dissolution of the lower house—has approved the decree that the PP, Vox, and Junts struck down a month and a bit ago. Finally, the Spanish government was able to save it because to reach the absolute majority in the permanent deputation, they do not need the vote of the Junts members. Thus, with the 'yes' from the PSOE, Sumar, ERC, EH Bildu, the PNV, and Podemos, it was enough to validate the measures that the Council of Ministers recovered days after the first 'no' from Congress and the day after Pedro Sánchez called for early elections. In contrast, the refusal of the Basque nationalists blocked the second decree that established indefinite rental contracts.

"In this legislature, we have had to work with a Congress with a lot of fighting. Where reaching agreements has been confused with betrayal, and blocking with convincing." This is how the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, has defined his experience in Parliament, as a display of how he has suffered to approve legislative proposals, since mainly Junts and, to a lesser extent, Podemos have been a thorn in his side. The housing decree laws are the latest example. However, the calling of elections and the dissolution of the Courts grant Pedro Sánchez a second opportunity to approve issues that until now have been impossible for him. He will be able to do so via decree laws (which cannot regulate, for example, fundamental rights and must only be done for urgent matters). For what reason? Because the permanent deputation comes into operation. It is a parliamentary body, a kind of mini-Parliament, that operates when elections are called or during vacation periods. It is currently made up of 69 deputies in a proportional representation of the groups in the chamber. However, unlike the plenary session, in this body, the progressive majority does not depend on Junts to push measures forward: Junts (1), the PP (27), and Vox (6) add up to 34 votes and remain one short of the majority.