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The GSIS Building in Pasay, the home of the Senate, as it appeared on 2010. The Fifteenth Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Ikalabinlimang Kongreso ng Pilipinas) is the current meeting of the national legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Senate and House of Representatives. The convention of the 15th Congress followed the 2010 Senate election, which replaced half of the Senate membership, and the 2010 House of Representatives elections which elected entire membership of the House of Representatives. The House of Representatives meets in Batasang Pambansa Complex and the Senate meets in the GSIS Building from July 26, 2010 to a certain date in 2013, from the first to possible third years of the presidency of Benigno Aquino III; this will be the end of tenure for senators elected in 2007. The 15th Congress was officially opened by President Aquino together with the joint session of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Leadership Senate Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile Senate President pro tempore Jinggoy Estrada - Juan Ponce Enrile (PMP), elected July 26, 2010
- Senate President Pro-Tempore
- Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada (PMP), elected July 26, 2010
- Vicente C. Sotto III (NPC), elected July 26, 2010
- Alan Peter S. Cayetano (Nacionalista), elected July 26, 2010
House of Representatives Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. - Speaker of the House of Representatives
- Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. (Liberal, 4th District of Quezon City), elected July 26, 2010
- Lorenzo Ta ada III (Liberal, 4th District of Quezon)
- Raul Daza (Liberal, 1st District of Northern Samar)
- Ma. Isabelle Climaco-Salazar, (Liberal, 1st District of Zamboanga City)
- Pablo P. Garcia (One Cebu/NUP, 3rd District of Cebu)
- Arnulfo Fuentebella (NPC, 3rd District of Camarines Sur)
- Jesus Crispin Remulla (Nacionalista, 7th District of Cavite)
- Neptali M. Gonzales, Jr. (Liberal, Lone District of Mandaluyong)
- Edcel Lagman (Independent (Lakas-Kampi until January 19, 2012), 1st District of Albay), until January 20, 2012
- Danilo Suarez (Lakas-Kampi, 3rd District of Quezon), since January 20, 2012
Party summary Senate | Affiliation | Party (Majority/minority bloc/unclassified)
(Shading indicates party has members in the majority bloc) | Total | |- style="height:5px" | | | LDP | LKS-
KAM | LP | NP | NPC | PDP | PRP | PMP | Ind | B-VNP | Vacant | | End of 14th Congress | 1 / 0 | 3 / 1 | 3 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 0 | 2 / 0 | 4 / 1 | 1 / 0 | 23 | 1 | | Election | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | | June 30, 2010 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 1 | | July 25, 2010 | 1 / 0 | 2 / 1 | 4 / 0 | 2 / 2 | 2 / 0 | 1 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 2 / 0 | 2 / 2 | 0 | 23 | 1 | | August 2, 2010 | 1 / 0 | 2 / 1 | 4 / 0 | 2 / 2 | 2 / 0 | 1 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 2 / 0 | 4 / 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | | August 4, 2010 | 1 / 0 | 2 / 1 | 4 / 0 | 2 / 2 | 2 / 0 | 1 / 0 | 1 / 0 | 2 / 0 | 4 / 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | | August 3, 2011 | 1 / 0 | 2 / 1 | 4 / 0 | 2 / 2 | 2 / 0 | 1 / 0 | 1 / 0 | 2 / 0 | 3 / 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | | August 15, 2011 | 1 / 0 | 2 / 1 | 4 / 0 | 2 / 2 | 2 / 0 | 1/0/1 | 1 / 0 | 2 / 0 | 4 / 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | | August 17, 2011 | 1 / 0 | 2 / 1 | 4 / 0 | 2 / 2 | 2 / 0 | 2 / 0 | 1 / 0 | 2 / 0 | 4 / 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | House of Representatives | Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates party has members in the majority bloc; italicization indicates party has members from the minority bloc) | Total | |- style="height:5px" | | | | Bil | KBL | LDP | LKS-
KAM | LM | LP | NP | NPC | NUP | PDP | PDSP | PMP | Ind | LT | PL | Vacant | | End of 14th Congress | 0 | 0 | 1 | 123 | 1 | 30 | 24 | 25 | | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 269 | 3 | | | Election | 0 | 1 | 2 | 105 | 1 | 45 | 24 | 30 | | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 227 | 53 | | May 31, 2010 | 105 | 35 | 262 | 24 | | June 25, 2010 | 1 | 96 | 66 | 23 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 35 | | July 22, 2010 | 95 | 35 | 261 | 25 | | July 25, 2010 | 1 | 1 | 89 | 1 | 73 | 22 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 266 | 20 | | August 2, 2010 | 44 | 270 | 16 | | September 1, 2010 | 46 | 272 | 14 | | September 7, 2010 | 47 | 273 | 13 | | September 21, 2010 | 50 | 276 | 10 | | September 27, 2010 | 53 | 279 | 7 | | October 7, 2010 | 54 | 280 | 6 | | November 22, 2010 | 90 | 281 | 5 | | November 30, 2010 | 91 | 282 | 4 | | January 17, 2011 | 55 | 283 | 3 | | February 4, 2011 | 61 | 30 | | March 7, 2011 | 60 | 56 | | March 16, 2011 | 61 | 284 | 2 | | May 30, 2011 | 1 | 285 | 1 | | July 25, 2011 | 57 | 74 | 21 | 29 | 35 | 285 | 1 | | August 3, 2011 | 0 | 284 | 2 | | August 30, 2011 | 54 | 30 | 37 | | January 19, 2012 | 53 | 3 | | January 26, 2012 | 52 | 283 | 3 | | February 13, 2012 | 1 | 284 | 2 | | April 16, 2012 | 73 | 3 | | May 4, 2012 | 74 | 36 | | May 25, 2012 | 51 | 4 | | Current voting share | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 18.0% | 0.0% | 26.1% | 7.4% | 10.6% | 12.7% | 1.4% | 0.0% | 1.8% | 1.1% | 0.0% | 19.7% | | Members Party standing Senate Party standing and blocs | center | <timeline> ImageSize = width:220 height:50 PlotArea = left:0 bottom:0 top:0 right:0 AlignBars = early Period = from:0 till:24 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal Colors = id:gray value:gray(0.5) id:line1 value:gray(0.9) id:line2 value:gray(0.7) id:PMP value:rgb(1,0.65,0) id:NP value:rgb(0.6,0.98,0.60) id:I value:rgb(0.87,0.87,0.87) id:LP value:rgb(0.94,0.9,0.55) id:LKC value:rgb(0.69,0.88,0.9) id:NPC value:rgb(0.29,0.63,0.17) id:LDP value:rgb(0,0,0.8) id:PDP value:yelloworange id:PRP value:rgb(0.94,0.5,0.5) id:Vacant value:white BarData = bar:bloc bar:parties PlotData = bar:bloc color:PMP from:start till:20 text: 20 shift:(-5,0) bar:bloc color:NP from:20 till:23 text: 3 shift:(-5,0) bar:bloc color:Vacant from:23 till:24 text: 1 shift:(-5,0) bar:parties color:I from:start till:4 text: 4 shift:(-4,0) bar:parties color:LP from:4 till:8 text: 4 shift:(-4,0) bar:parties color:LKC from:8 till:10 text: 2 shift:(-4,0) bar:parties color:NP from:10 till:12 text: 2 shift:(-4,0) bar:parties color:NPC from:12 till:14 text: 2 shift:(-4,0) bar:parties color:PDP from:14 till:16 text: 2 shift:(-4,0) bar:parties color:PMP from:16 till:18 text: 2 shift:(-4,0) bar:parties color:LDP from:18 till:19 text: 1 shift:(-4,0) bar:parties color:PRP from:19 till:20 text: 1 shift:(-4,0) bar:parties color:NP from:20 till:22 text: 2 shift:(-4,0) bar:parties color:LKC from:22 till:23 text: 1 shift:(-4,0) bar:parties color:Vacant from:23 till:24 text: 1 shift:(-4,0) </timeline> | | Party | Majority
Bloc | Minority
Bloc | Total | % | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.17% | | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12.50% | | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16.67% | | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16.67% | | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8.33% | | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8.33% | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.17% | | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8.33% | | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16.67% | | Totals | 20 | 3 | 23 | 95.83* | *for purposes of quorum and voting, the vacant seat is included. House of Representatives
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