But the debate will highlight his reliance on the votes of opposition or unelected lifetimesenators.
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He won a confidence vote there on Feb. 28 thanks largely to the votes of lifetimesenators.
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The upper house, where Mr Monti is a lifesenator, is expected to approve the package definitively next week, most likely in another confidence vote.
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Nominated a lifesenator by state president Giorgio Napolitano on Wednesday evening, Prof Monti was ostensibly taking up his senate seat for the first time.