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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.
A special election was held in Cavite's 7th congressional district on February 25, 2023, to fill the district's vacant seat in the House of Representatives of the Philippines for the remainder of the 19th Congress.
There are 41 standing committees in the Philippine Senate for the 19th Congress as of May 22, 2024. [2] [3] [4]According to the Rules of the Senate, the President Pro Tempore, the Majority Floor Leader, and the Minority Floor Leader are ex officio members of all standing committees.
In the 18th Congress of the Philippines, the parties supporting President Rodrigo Duterte disputed the speakership, Alan Peter Cayetano of the Nacionalista Party, Lord Allan Jay Velasco of PDP–Laban, and the National Unity Party's (NUP) Paolo Duterte emerged as the front-runners to be speaker. The president pushed for a term-sharing agreement ...
The Senate of the Philippines is the upper house of Congress.The Senate is composed of 24 senators, each elected to a six-year term, renewable once, under plurality-at-large voting: on each election, the voters vote for up to twelve candidates, with the twelve candidates the highest number of votes being elected in.
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 Philippine National Police started Oplan Baklas (lit. ' operation plan remove ' ) on the first day of campaigning. [ 143 ] The Leni Robredo presidential campaign , citing the arbitrary application of the law, was considering legal action in response to the actions of the authorities, as they removed campaign materials from private property.
7th: Alan Peter Cayetano: Independent: Taguig: May 18, 2022 Evangelical Charismatic Christian: Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Lone District of Taguig-Pateros (1998– 2007, 2019–2022), Senator (2007–2017), Acting Vice Mayor of Taguig (1998), Member of the Taguig Municipal Council from the 1st district (1992–1998 ...