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The House of Representatives of the Philippines is the lower house of Congress. The House of Representatives has existed from 1945 to 1972, and since 1987. Whenever a bicameral system is used, a lower house has existed under the name of the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1934.
The Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Kongreso ng Pilipinas) is the legislature of the national government of the Philippines.It is bicameral, composed of an upper body, the Senate, and a lower body, the House of Representatives, [3] although colloquially, the term "Congress" commonly refers to just the latter.
The party-list representatives are elected via the party-list system. The party-list representatives should always comprise 20% of the seats. Originally set at 200 in the ordinance of the 1987 constitution, the number of districts has grown to 243.
The 19th Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Ikalabinsiyam na Kongreso ng Pilipinas), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, convened on July 25, 2022. The 19th Congress is meeting during the first three years of Bongbong Marcos's presidency , and will end on June 6, 2025.
This is a complete list of past and present members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines whose last names begin with the letter A.. This list also includes members of the Philippine Assembly (1907–1916), the Commonwealth National Assembly (1935–1941), the Second Republic National Assembly (1943–1944) and the Batasang Pambansa (1978–1986).
It is a guide to identify the women in the Philippines who have served as members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, and its related versions. The list is chronologically grouped according to the convocation of the Philippine Congress in which members were elected.
Former representative. Defeated incumbent. Quezon City-1st District: PDP–Laban: Anthony Peter Crisologo PDP–Laban: New representative; son of predecessor. Quezon City-2nd District: NPC: Precious Hipolito-Castelo: NPC: New representative; wife of predecessor. Quezon City-3rd District: HNP: Allan Benedict Reyes PFP: New representative; former ...
The passage of the Philippine Autonomy Act instituted a mostly elective Senate as the upper house, with the House of Representatives as the lower house. This set up continued until the 1935 Constitution of the Philippines was set into force, creating a unicameral National Assembly under the Commonwealth of the Philippines .