BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s congressional budget committee approved on Thursday the country’s 2024 budget bill, with a shallower-than-expected spending cut in President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s growth acceleration program. The bill now needs to be voted on by both the lower house and senate in a joint session of Congress, expected to take place on Friday. The lawmaker in charge of the bill, Luiz Carlos Motta, backed down from earlier drafts and scaled back a reduction in expenses earmarked for the government’s “growth acceleration” program, known as PAC, according to the Senate news agenc…