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House of Representatives of the Philippines
The House of Representatives (Filipino: Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan or Kamara) is the lower house of Congress, the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, with the Senate as the upper house. The lower house is commonly referred to as Congress, although the term collectively refers to both houses.
Members of the House are officially styled as representatives (mga kinatawan) and are sometimes informally called congressmen or congresswomen (mga kongresista). They are elected to a three-year term and can be re-elected, but cannot serve more than three consecutive terms without an interruption of one term (e.g. serving one term in the Senate ad interim). Around 80% of congressmen are district representatives, representing specific geographical areas. The 20th Congress has 254 congressional district representatives. Party-list representatives (currently 64), who make up not more than twenty percent of the total number of representatives, are elected through the party-list system.
Aside from needing its agreement to every bill before it is sent to the president for signature to become law, the House of Representatives has the power to impeach certain officials and all franchise and money bills must originate from the lower house.
The House of Representatives is headed by the House speaker (ispiker). The position is currently held by Bojie Dy. The speaker of the House is third in the Philippine presidential line of succession, after the vice president and the Senate president. The official headquarters of the House of Representatives is at the Batasang Pambansa (literally "national legislature") located in Batasan Hills, Quezon City. The building is often simply called Batasan, and the word has also become a metonym to refer to the House of Representatives.
The Philippine legislative system began in a unicameral form of government in 1898 when then President Emilio Aguinaldo established the Malolos Congress of the short-lived First Philippine Republic from 1898 to 1901. The Congress’ notable achievement was the ratification of Philippine Independence when it was declared on June 12, 1898, in Kawit, Cavite.
The Malolos Congress’ convened at the Barasoain Church during the subsequent inauguration of Emilio Aguinaldo and the Malolos Constitution in 1898. A year prior to the establishment of the republic, the Congress approved the motion to declare war on the United States, thus beginning the Philippine-American War which lasted from 1899 to 1901. The Malolos Congress was dissolved on April 1, 1901, following Aguinaldo's declaration of allegiance to the United States when he was captured.
At the beginning of American colonial rule, from March 16, 1900, the sole national legislative body was the Philippine Commission with all members appointed by the president of the United States. Headed by the governor-general of the Philippines, the body exercised all legislative authority given to it by the president and the United States Congress until October 1907 when it was joined by the Philippine Assembly. William Howard Taft was chosen to be the first American civilian governor-general and the first leader of this Philippine Commission, which subsequently became known as the Taft Commission.
The Philippine Bill of 1902, a basic law, or organic act, of the Insular Government, mandated that once certain conditions were met a bicameral, or two-chamber, Philippine Legislature would be created with the previously existing, all-appointed Philippine Commission as the upper house and the Philippine Assembly as the lower house. This bicameral legislature was inaugurated in October 1907. Under the leadership of speaker Sergio Osmeña and floor Leader Manuel L. Quezon, the rules of the 59th United States Congress was substantially adopted as the rules of the Philippine Legislature. Osmeña and Quezon led the Nacionalista Party, with a platform of independence from the United States, into successive electoral victories against the Progresista Party and later the Democrata Party, which first advocated United States statehood, then opposed immediate independence.
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House of Representatives of the Philippines
The House of Representatives (Filipino: Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan or Kamara) is the lower house of Congress, the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, with the Senate as the upper house. The lower house is commonly referred to as Congress, although the term collectively refers to both houses.
Members of the House are officially styled as representatives (mga kinatawan) and are sometimes informally called congressmen or congresswomen (mga kongresista). They are elected to a three-year term and can be re-elected, but cannot serve more than three consecutive terms without an interruption of one term (e.g. serving one term in the Senate ad interim). Around 80% of congressmen are district representatives, representing specific geographical areas. The 20th Congress has 254 congressional district representatives. Party-list representatives (currently 64), who make up not more than twenty percent of the total number of representatives, are elected through the party-list system.
Aside from needing its agreement to every bill before it is sent to the president for signature to become law, the House of Representatives has the power to impeach certain officials and all franchise and money bills must originate from the lower house.
The House of Representatives is headed by the House speaker (ispiker). The position is currently held by Bojie Dy. The speaker of the House is third in the Philippine presidential line of succession, after the vice president and the Senate president. The official headquarters of the House of Representatives is at the Batasang Pambansa (literally "national legislature") located in Batasan Hills, Quezon City. The building is often simply called Batasan, and the word has also become a metonym to refer to the House of Representatives.
The Philippine legislative system began in a unicameral form of government in 1898 when then President Emilio Aguinaldo established the Malolos Congress of the short-lived First Philippine Republic from 1898 to 1901. The Congress’ notable achievement was the ratification of Philippine Independence when it was declared on June 12, 1898, in Kawit, Cavite.
The Malolos Congress’ convened at the Barasoain Church during the subsequent inauguration of Emilio Aguinaldo and the Malolos Constitution in 1898. A year prior to the establishment of the republic, the Congress approved the motion to declare war on the United States, thus beginning the Philippine-American War which lasted from 1899 to 1901. The Malolos Congress was dissolved on April 1, 1901, following Aguinaldo's declaration of allegiance to the United States when he was captured.
At the beginning of American colonial rule, from March 16, 1900, the sole national legislative body was the Philippine Commission with all members appointed by the president of the United States. Headed by the governor-general of the Philippines, the body exercised all legislative authority given to it by the president and the United States Congress until October 1907 when it was joined by the Philippine Assembly. William Howard Taft was chosen to be the first American civilian governor-general and the first leader of this Philippine Commission, which subsequently became known as the Taft Commission.
The Philippine Bill of 1902, a basic law, or organic act, of the Insular Government, mandated that once certain conditions were met a bicameral, or two-chamber, Philippine Legislature would be created with the previously existing, all-appointed Philippine Commission as the upper house and the Philippine Assembly as the lower house. This bicameral legislature was inaugurated in October 1907. Under the leadership of speaker Sergio Osmeña and floor Leader Manuel L. Quezon, the rules of the 59th United States Congress was substantially adopted as the rules of the Philippine Legislature. Osmeña and Quezon led the Nacionalista Party, with a platform of independence from the United States, into successive electoral victories against the Progresista Party and later the Democrata Party, which first advocated United States statehood, then opposed immediate independence.