(Adds details of the voting in paragraph 2, quote from Lula in paragraph 3, context in paragraphs 5-8) BRASILIA, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Brazil's lower house of Congress removed a proposal to overhaul taxation on investments from its voting agenda, in a blow to the government's plans to boost public revenue with the measure, as it is set to expire if not voted on Wednesday. Lawmakers voted 251 to 193 on Wednesday evening to remove the proposal from their agenda. It would still have needed Senate approval. "The lower house's decision…is not a defeat imposed on the government, but on the Brazilian people," President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said in a post on X. The government had initially expected to raise 20.9 billion reais ($3.92 billion) in additional revenue next year from the measure to hel

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