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Website. econgress .gov .ph. 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 House of Representatives of the Philippines ( Filipino: Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan ng Pilipinas; Kamara from the Spanish word cámara, meaning "chamber") is the lower house of Congress, the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, with the Senate of the Philippines as the upper house. The lower house is commonly referred to as Congress ...
List of Philippine House of Representatives committees. This is a complete list of Philippine Congressional committees ( standing committees, and special committees) that are currently operating in the House of Representatives of the Philippines, the lower house of the Philippine Congress .
The country is currently divided into 253 congressional districts, also known as legislative districts or representative districts, with each one representing at least 250,000 people or one entire province. The 1987 Constitution of the Philippines initially provided for a maximum 200 congressional districts or 80 percent of the maximum 250 ...
Geraldine Roman is the first and only trans woman to be elected to the House, in 2016. Daisy Avance-Fuentes was the first woman to become Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, from 1998 to 2001. Bella Angara was the first woman to become House Majority Leader, from 2000 to 2001. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was the first ...
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. When a unicameral system is in use, the sole house of the ...
The Philippine Legislature was the legislature of the Philippines from 1907 to 1935, during the American colonial period, and predecessor of the current Congress of the Philippines. It was bicameral and the legislative branch of the Insular Government . From 1907 to 1916, under the Philippine Organic Act of 1902, the legislature's lower house ...
The Batasang Pambansa Complex, or simply the Batasan ( lit. 'legislature' ), is the seat of the House of Representatives of the Philippines. It is located along the Batasan Road in Batasan Hills, Quezon City . The complex was initially the home of the Batasang Pambansa, the former legislature of the Philippines which was established as an ...