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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.
Whenever a bicameral system is used, a lower house has existed under the name of the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1934. When a unicameral system is in use, the sole house of the legislature has been called as the National Assembly from 1935 to 1941 (the Commonwealth National Assembly) and from 1943 to 1944 (the Second Republic National ...
U.S. Insular Government: 3 Philippine Legislature: 1st: Philippine Commission: Unelected 8–9 Philippine Assembly: July 30, 1907: 59 Nacionalista 16 Progresista 5 others 80 October 16, 1907 4 2nd: 9–10 November 2, 1909: 62 Nacionalista 17 Progresista 2 independent 81 March 28, 1910 5 3rd: 7–8 June 4, 1912: 62 Nacionalista 16 Progresista 3 ...
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.
The government of the Philippines (Filipino: Pamahalaan ng Pilipinas) has three interdependent branches: the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.The Philippines is governed as a unitary state under a presidential representative and democratic constitutional republic in which the president functions as both the head of state and the head of government of the country within a pluriform ...
The Senate of the Philippines (Filipino: Senado ng Pilipinas) is the upper house of Congress, the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, with the House of Representatives as the lower house. The Senate is composed of 24 senators who are elected at-large (the country forms one district in senatorial elections ) under a plurality-at-large ...
Legislative Franchises: Gus Tambunting: NUP: TBA TBA 55 5 60 34. Local Government: Rex Gatchalian: NPC: TBA TBA 55 6 61 35. Metro Manila Development: Rolando Valeriano NUP: TBA TBA 26 4 30 36. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development: Christian Unabia Lakas: TBA TBA 22 3 25 37. Mindanao Affairs: Yasser Balindong Lakas: TBA TBA 34 1 35 38 ...
Current floor leaders of the Philippine House of Representatives The House of Representatives Majority and Minority Leaders (also called House of Representatives Floor Leaders ) are the two members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines who are elected by their respective parties or coalitions as their official leaders.