Congress of the Philippines

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bicameral legislature national legislature

The Congress of the Philippines is the country’s bicameral national legislature, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives, responsible for making laws and overseeing the government.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Congress of the Philippines canonical 39
Philippine Congress 7
Legislative branch of the Philippines 6

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
national legislature ⓘ
canOverride presidential veto ⓘ
convenes regular sessions ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
electoralBodyFor some constitutional officers in joint session ⓘ
establishedUnder Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ
surface form: 1935 Constitution of the Philippines
governedBy Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ
hasComponent House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
Senate of the Philippines ⓘ
hasHouse lower house ⓘ
upper house ⓘ
hasPower create and abolish government agencies ⓘ
define crimes and penalties ⓘ
enact national budget ⓘ
levy taxes ⓘ
holds joint sessions for specific constitutional functions ⓘ
houseTermLengthYears 3 ⓘ
houseTermLimit 3 consecutive terms ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
Filipino ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf Philippine government ⓘ
surface form: Government of the Philippines
lowerHouse House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
mayConvene special sessions ⓘ
meetingCity Quezon City ⓘ
meetingRegion Metro Manila ⓘ
meetsIn Batasang Pambansa Complex ⓘ
nativeName Congress of the Philippines self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kongreso ng Pilipinas
numberOfSenators 24 ⓘ
overrideRequirement two-thirds vote of each house ⓘ
oversees implementation of laws by the executive branch ⓘ
precededBy Batasang Pambansa ⓘ
reestablishedUnder Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ
surface form: 1987 Constitution of the Philippines
responsibleFor confirmation of certain presidential appointments ⓘ
declaration of war ⓘ
impeachment ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
oversight of the executive branch ⓘ
power of the purse ⓘ
ratification of treaties ⓘ
senateTermLengthYears 6 ⓘ
senateTermLimit 2 consecutive terms ⓘ
subjectTo judicial review by the Supreme Court of the Philippines ⓘ
typeOfLegislature bicameral ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of the Philippines ⓘ
votingSystemInHouse first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
party-list proportional representation ⓘ
votingSystemInSenate plurality-at-large voting ⓘ

Referenced by (58)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Philippines → legislature → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
Congress of the Philippines → nativeName → Congress of the Philippines self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kongreso ng Pilipinas
Senate of the Philippines → partOf → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
House of Representatives of the Philippines → partOf → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
Metro Manila → contains → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philippine Congress
Batasang Pambansa Complex → legislativeBody → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
Commission on Audit → reportsTo → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philippine Congress
Constitution of the Philippines → branchDefined → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative branch of the Philippines
Constitution of the Philippines → establishes → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
this entity surface form: bicameral Congress of the Philippines
Republic Act No. 8491 → legislature → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
National Capital Region → contains → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philippine Congress
Commonwealth of the Philippines → legislativeBody → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
Batasang Pambansa → replacedBy → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
Batasang Pambansa → replaces → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
Batasang Pambansa → seatOf → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philippine legislature (during 1978–1987)
President of the Senate of the Philippines → jurisdiction → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
Committee on Finance of the Senate of the Philippines → governmentBranch → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative branch of the Philippines
Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan ng Pilipinas → partOf → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kongreso ng Pilipinas
Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan ng Pilipinas → chamberOf → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kongreso ng Pilipinas
Kamara → partOf → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
Deputy Speakers of the House of Representatives of the Philippines → partOf → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
Minority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines → partOf → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
Philippine Navy Modernization Program → stakeholder → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philippine Congress
NCR → hasLegislativeBody → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
Local Government Code of 1991 → legislature → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
Republic Acts of the Philippines → enactedBy → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Negros Occidental → higherBody → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
Fifth Republic of the Philippines → legislature → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
Main Building → associatedWith → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
subject surface form: Main Building (Batasang Pambansa Complex)
North Wing → associatedWithBody → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
Batasan Hall → jurisdiction → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
Batasan Hall → symbolOf → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philippine legislature
COA → reportsTo → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
subject surface form: Commission on Audit
this entity surface form: Philippine Congress
Palawan Council for Sustainable Development → createdBy → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philippine Congress
South Wing → partOfGovernmentBody → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
Republic Act No. 8249 → legislativeBody → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
Republic Act No. 11211 → legislativeBody → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
Executive branch of the Philippines → separationOfPowersWith → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative branch of the Philippines
Executive branch of the Philippines → checksAndBalancesWith → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative branch of the Philippines
Chief Justice of the Philippines → impeachmentBody → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
Republic Act No. 4166 → legislature → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
HoR → associatedWithBody → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
Republic Act No. 4221 → legislature → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
Republic Act No. 4221 → governmentBranch → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative branch of the Philippines
First Congressional District of Northern Samar → legislature → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
1st congressional district of Bataan → hasLegislature → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
2nd congressional district of Bataan → representedIn → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
Osmeña family political dynasty → associatedWith → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philippine Congress
Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines → legislativeBody → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines → governmentBranch → Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative branch of the Philippines