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ARTICLE VI

THE CONGRESS
LEGISLATIVE
• Legis means law
• Law making body of the government
• Make, alter, and repeal
• Its consists of two-house legislature, the Senate and the House of
Representative
Organization of the Congress
• Officer of the Congress
• Leadership in the Senate- is the presiding officer of the Senate elected
by majority votes of all its member.
• The Senate also elects a president pro tempore from the majority
party, an honorific position which presides when the Senate President
is absent.
• Majority and minority floor leader
• Special session
Composition in the Congress of the
Philippines
• Senate of the Philippines
• 24 Senators
• Qualifications:
• Natural-born citizen of the Philippines
• At least 35 years of age
• Able to read and write
• A registered voter
• House of Representative
• 250 members
• District Representatives
• Party-List Representative

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