Senate of the Philippines

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legislative body upper house of the Congress of the Philippines

The Senate of the Philippines is the country’s national upper legislative chamber, composed of elected senators who craft laws and provide checks and balances on the government.

Aliases (1)

Philippine Senate ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative body → upper house of the Congress of the Philippines →
buildingType	government building →
constituencyType	nationwide at-large →
constitutionalBasis	1935 Constitution of the Philippines → 1987 Constitution of the Philippines → Constitution of the Philippines →
country	Philippines →
currentMeetingPlace	GSIS Building, Pasay, Metro Manila →
disbanded	1935 →
electionCycle	staggered elections every 3 years for half of the seats →
established	1916 →
establishedBy	Jones Law of 1916 →
hasCommittee	Committee on Education, Arts and Culture of the Senate of the Philippines → Committee on Finance of the Senate of the Philippines → Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of the Philippines → Committee on Health and Demography of the Senate of the Philippines → Committee on Justice and Human Rights of the Senate of the Philippines →
hasLowerHouse	House of Representatives of the Philippines →
hasPower	to approve the national budget → to concur in treaties and international agreements → to conduct inquiries in aid of legislation → to propose and enact laws → to try and decide impeachment cases →
jurisdiction	national →
languageUsed	English → Filipino →
legalSystem	Philippine law →
legislativeBranchOf	Government of the Philippines →
memberDesignation	Senator →
numberOfMembers	24 →
partOf	Congress of the Philippines →
presidingOfficerTitle	President of the Senate of the Philippines →
previousMeetingPlace	GSIS Building, Financial Center, Pasay → Old Legislative Building, Manila → Philippine International Convention Center, Pasay →
reestablished	1940 →
reinstated	1987 →
role	conducts impeachment trials → confirms certain presidential appointments → crafts national legislation → provides checks and balances on the executive branch → provides checks and balances on the legislative process → ratifies treaties →
suspended	1972 →
termLength	6 years →
termLimit	2 consecutive terms →
votingSystem	plurality-at-large voting →
website	https://www.senate.gov.ph/ →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Congress of the Philippines → Philippine government → Philippines →	upperHouse
House of Representatives of the Philippines → Philippine government →	hasChamber
Republic Act No. 8491 ("Philippine Senate") →	chamberInvolved
Congress of the Philippines →	hasComponent
Carlos P. Garcia →	legislativeBody