12th Congress of the Philippines

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The Twelfth Congress of the Philippines was the national Lower House of the legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Senate of the Philippines and House of Representatives of the Philippines. The convening of the 12th Congress follows the 2001 elections, which replaced half of the Senate membership, and the entire membership of the House of Representatives.

Contents 1 Sessions 2 Legislation 3 Leadership 3.1 Senate 3.2 House of Representatives 4 Members 4.1 Senate 4.2 House of Representatives 5 External links 6 Further reading 7 See also

[edit] Sessions

• First Regular Session:
• Second Regular Session:
• Third Regular Session:

[edit] Legislation

Laws passed by the 12th Congress:

[edit] Leadership

[edit] Senate

• President of the Senate

Franklin M. Drilon (independent)

• Senate President Pro-Tempore

Manuel B. Villar, Jr. (independent)

Juan M. Flavier (Lakas-NUCD)

• Majority Floor Leader

Loren B. Legarda (Lakas-CMD)

Francis N. Pangilinan (Liberal)

• Minority Floor Leader

Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. (PDP-LABAN)

Vicente C. Sotto III (LDP)

[edit] House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House of Representatives

Jose C. De Venecia, Jr. (Lakas-NUCD, 4th District Pangasinan)

• Deputy Speakers
  • Luzon:   Emilio R. Espinosa (NPC, 2nd District Masbate)
  • Visayas:   Raul V. del Mar (Lakas-NUCD/PROMDI, 1st District Cebu)
  • Mindanao:   Abdulgani A. Salapuddin (Lakas-NUCD, Lone District Basilan)
  • Central Luzon:   Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III (Liberal, 2nd District Tarlac)
• Majority Floor Leader

Florencio B. Abad (Liberal, Lone District Batanes)

• Minority Floor Leader

Carlos M. Padilla (LDP, Lone District Nueva Vizcaya)

[edit] Members

[edit] Senate

Senator		Party[a]	Term	Term Start	Term End
	Edgardo J. Angara	LDP	1	2001	2007
	Teresa Aquino-Oreta	LDP	1	1998	2004
	Joker P. Arroyo	Aksyon	1	2001	2007
	Robert Z. Barbers	Lakas-NUCD	1	1998	2004
	Rodolfo G. Biazon	LDP	1	1998	2004
	Renato L. Cayetano[3]	Lakas-NUCD	1	1998	2004
	Noli L. De Castro	independent	1	2001	2007
	Franklin M. Drilon	independent	2	2001	2007
	Luisa P. Ejercito-Estrada	PMP	1	2001	2007
	Juan M. Flavier	Lakas-NUCD	2	2001	2007
	Gregorio B. Honasan[1]	independent	2	2001	2004
	Robert S. Jaworski	Lakas-NUCD	1	1998	2004
	Panfilo M. Lacson	LDP	1	2001	2007
	Loren B. Legarda	Lakas-NUCD	1	1998	2004
	Ramon B. Magsaysay, Jr.	independent	2	2001	2007
	Blas F. Ople[2]	LDP	2	1998	2004
	John Henry R. Osmeña	NPC	1	1998	2004
	Sergio R. Osmeña III	PDP-Laban	2	2001	2007
	Francis N. Pangilinan	Liberal	1	2001	2007
	Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr.	PDP-Laban	1	1998	2004
	Ralph G. Recto	Lakas-NUCD	1	2001	2007
	Ramon B. Revilla	Lakas-NUCD	2	1998	2004
	Vicente C. Sotto III	LDP	2	1998	2004
	Manuel B. Villar, Jr.	independent	1	2001	2007

[edit] House of Representatives

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The term of office of the members of the House of Representatives is from June 30, 2001 to June 30, 2004.

District Representatives
Province/City	District	Representative	Party	Term	First Elected
Abra	Lone	Luis P. Bersamin, Jr.	PDSP	1	2001
Agusan del Norte	1st	Leovigildo B. Banaag	LDP/NPC	2	1998
	2nd	Edelmiro A. Amante, Sr.	Lakas-NUCD-UMDP	1	2001
Agusan del Sur	Lone	Rodolfo G. Plaza	LDP	1	2001
Aklan	Lone	Gabrielle V. Calizo	LDP	1	2001
Albay	1st	Krisel B. Lagman-Luistro	Lakas-NUCD	2	1998
	2nd	Carlos R. Imperial	NPC	2	2001
	3rd	Joey S. Salceda	Lakas-NUCD	2	1998
Antipolo City	Lone	Victor R. Sumulong	LDP	2	1998
Antique	Lone	Exequiel B. Javier	Lakas-NUCD	1	2001
Apayao	Lone	Elias C. Bulut, Jr.	NPC	1	2001
Aurora	Lone	Bellaflor Angara-Castillo	LDP	1	2001
Bacolod City	Lone	Monico O. Puentevella	Lakas-NUCD	2	2001
Baguio City	Lone	Mauricio G. Domogan	Lakas-CMD	2	2001
Basilan	Lone	Abdulgani A. Salapuddin	Lakas-NUCD-UMDP	2	1998
Bataan	1st	Antonino P. Roman	independent	2	1998
	2nd	Enrique T. Garcia, Jr.	LDP	3	1995
Batanes	Lone	Florencio B. Abad	Liberal	3	1995
Batangas	1st	Eileen Ermita-Buhain	Lakas-NUCD	1	2001
	2nd	Francisco S. Perez II	Lakas-NUCD	1	2001
	3rd	Victoria H. Reyes	Lakas-NUCD	1	2001
	4th	Oscar L. Gozos	Lakas-NUCD-UMDP	1	2001
Benguet	Lone	Samuel M. Dangwa	REPORMA-LM	1	2001
Biliran	Lone	Gerardo S. Espina, Sr.	NPC/Bando Espina	3	1995
Bohol	1st	Edgar M. Chatto	Lakas-NUCD-UMDP	2	2001
	2nd	Roberto C. Cajes	Lakas-NUCD-UMDP	2	2001
	3rd	Eladio M. Jala	Lakas-NUCD	2	1998
Bukidnon	1st	J.R. Nereus O. Acosta	Liberal	2	1998
	2nd	Berthobal R. Ancheta	Lakas-NUCD	1	2004
	3rd	Juan Miguel F. Zubiri	Lakas-NUCD	2	1998
Bulacan	1st	Wilhelmino M. Sy-Alvarado	Lakas-NUCD	2	1998
	2nd	Wilfrido B. Villarama	Aksyon	1	2001
	3rd	Lorna C. Silverio	Lakas-CMD-UMDP	1	2001
	4th	Reylina G. Nicolas	Lakas-NUCD	1	2001
Cagayan	1st	Juan C. Ponce Enrile, Jr.	independent	2	1998
	2nd	Celia T. Taganas-Layus	NPC	1	2001
	3rd	Manuel N. Mamba	Lakas-NUCD	1	2001
Cagayan de Oro City	Lone	Constantino G. Jaraula	LDP	2	1998
Caloocan City	1st	Enrico R. Echiverri	Lakas-NUCD	2	1998
	2nd	Edgar R. Erice	Lakas-NUCD	1	2001
Camarines Norte	Lone	Renato J. Unico, Jr.	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
Camarines Sur	1st	Ronaldo G. Andaya	Lakas-NUCD	2	1998
	2nd	Sulpicio S. Roco, Jr.	Aksyon	1	2001
	3rd	Felix William B. Fuentebella	NPC	1	2001
	4th	Felix R. Alfelor, Jr.	Lakas-NUCD	1	2001
Camiguin	Lone	Jurdin Jesus M. Romualdo	NPC	2	1998
Capiz	1st	Rodriguez D. Dadivas	Liberal	1	2001
	2nd	Fred H. Castro	Liberal	1	2001
Catanduanes	Lone	Joseph A. Santiago	NPC	1	2001
Cavite	1st	Plaridel M. Abaya	Liberal	3	1995
	2nd	Gilbert C. Remulla	LDP	1	2001
	3rd	Napoleon R. Beratio	LDP/MAGDALO	2	1998
Cebu	1st	Jose R. Gullas	Alayon	1	2001
	2nd	Simeon L. Kintanar	NPC/Alayon	2	1998
	3rd	Antonio P. Yapha, Jr.	NPC/Alayon	2	1998
	4th	Clavel A. Martinez	Lakas-NUCD	2	1998
	5th	Joseph H. Durano	Lakas-NUCD	2	1998
	6th	Nerissa Corazon Soon-Ruiz	Alayon	1	2001
Cebu City	1st	Raul V. Del Mar	PROMDI	1	2001
	2nd	Antonio V. Cuenco	PROMDI/BO-PK	1	2001
Compostela Valley	1st	Manuel E. Zamora	Lakas-NUCD	1	2001
	2nd	Prospero S. Amatong	Lakas-NUCD	3	1998
Cotabato (North)	1st	Emmylou J. Taliño-Santos	independent	1	2001
	2nd	Gregorio T. Ipong	NPC	3	1998
Davao City	1st	Prospero C. Nograles	Lakas-NUCD	1	2001
	2nd	Vincent J. Garcia	NPC	1	2001
	3rd	Ruy Elias C. Lopez	NPC	2	1998
Davao del Norte	1st	Arrel R. Olaño	Lakas-NUCD	1	2001
	2nd	Antonio R. Floirendo, Jr.	Lakas-NUCD	2	1998
Davao del Sur	1st	Douglas R.A. Cagas	NPC	2	1998
	2nd	Claude P. Bautista	NPC	1	2001
Davao Oriental	1st	Corazon N. Malanyaon	NPC	1	2001
	2nd	Mayo Z. Almario	Lakas-NUCD	2	1998
Eastern Samar	Lone	Marcelino C. Libanan	NPC	2	1998
Guimaras	Lone	Edgar T. Espinosa	Lakas-NUCD-UMDP/KAMPI	1	2001
Ifugao	Lone	Solomon R. Chungalao	Liberal	1	2001
Ilocos Norte	1st	Roque R. Ablan, Jr.	Lakas-NUCD-UMDP	1	2001
	2nd	Imee R. Marcos	KBL	2	1998
Ilocos Sur	1st	Salacnib F. Baterina	Lakas-NUCD	2	1998
	2nd	Eric D. Singson	Liberal	1	2001
Iloilo	1st	Oscar G. Garin	Lakas-NUCD	1	2001
	2nd	Augusto L. Syjuco, Jr.	Lakas-NUCD	2	1998
	3rd	Arthur D. Defensor, Sr.	Lakas-NUCD	1	2001
	4th	Narciso D. Monfort	Lakas-NUCD	3	1995
	5th	Rolex T. Suplico	LDP	2	1998
Iloilo City	Lone	Raul M. Gonzalez	Nacionalista	3	1998
Isabela	1st	Rodolfo B. Albano, Jr.	Lakas-NUCD-UMDP	1	2001
	2nd	Edwin C. Uy	Lakas-NUCD-UMDP	1	2001
	3rd	Faustino G. Dy III	NPC/Lakas-NUCD-UMDP	1	2001
	4th	Antonio M. Abaya[1]	Lakas-NUCD-UMDP	1	2001
		Giorgidi B. Aggabao[2]	NPC	1	2003
Kalinga	Lone	Laurence B. Wacnang	Liberal	2	1998
La Union	1st	Manuel C. Ortega	NPC	2	1998
	2nd	Tomas M. Dumpit	NPC	2	1998
Laguna	1st	Uliran T. Joaquin	NPC	2	1998
	2nd	Joaquin M. Chipeco, Jr.	KAMPI/LDP	3	1995
	3rd	Danton Q. Bueser	Liberal	2	1995
	4th	Rodolfo S. San Luis	LDP	2	1998
Lanao del Norte	1st	Alipio V. Badelles	NPC	2	1998
	2nd	Abdullah D. Dimaporo	Lakas-NUCD	1	2001
Lanao del Sur	1st	Faysah R.P.M. Dumarpa	Lakas-NUCD	1	2001
	2nd	Benasing O. Macarambon, Jr.	NPC	2	1998
Las Piñas City	Lone	Cynthia A. Villar	independent	1	2001
Leyte	1st	Mario Teodoro E. Failon (Mario Teodoro F. Etong)	independent	1	2001
	2nd	Trinidad G. Apostol	Lakas-NUCD	1	2001
	3rd	Eduardo K. Veloso	Lakas-NUCD/NPC	2	1998
	4th	Eufrocino M. Codilla, Sr.	Lakas-NUCD	1	2001
	5th	Carmen L. Cari	Lakas-NUCD	2	2001
Maguindanao	1st	Didagen P. Dilangalen	PMP	3	1995
	2nd	Guimid P. Matalam	KAMPI	1	2001
Makati City	1st	Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr.	PDP-Laban	1	2001
	2nd	Agapito A. Aquino	LDP	2	1998
Malabon City-Navotas	Lone	Federico S. Sandoval II	Liberal	2	1998
Mandaluyong City	Lone	Neptali M. Gonzales II	Lakas-NUCD	3	1995
Manila	1st	Ernesto A. Nieva	Liberal	2	1998
	2nd	Jaime C. Lopez	Lakas-NUCD	1	2001
	3rd	Harry C. Angping	NPC	2	1998
	4th	Rodolfo C. Bacani	Liberal	2	1998
	5th	Joey D. Hizon	Liberal	2	1998
	6th	Mark B. Jimenez (Mario B. Crespo)[3]	independent	1	2001
Marikina City	Lone	Del R. De Guzman	Lakas-NUCD	1	2001
Marinduque	Lone	Edmundo O. Reyes, Jr.	Lakas-NUCD	2	1998
Masbate	1st	Vida V. Espinosa	KAMPI	3	1995
	2nd	Emilio R. Espinosa, Jr.	NPC	2	1998
	3rd	Fausto L. Seachon, Jr.	NPC	3	1995
Misamis Occidental	1st	Ernie D. Clarete	REPORMA-LM	1	2001
	2nd	Herminia M. Ramiro	Liberal	1	2001
Misamis Oriental	1st	Oscar S. Moreno	Lakas-NUCD	2	1998
	2nd	Augusto H. Baculio	LDP	2	1998
Mountain Province	Lone	Roy S. Pilando	LDP	1	2004
Muntinlupa City	Lone	Rozzano Rufino B. Biazon	LDP	1	2001
Negros Occidental	1st	Julio A. Ledesma IV	NPC	3	1995
	2nd	Alfredo G. Marañon, Jr.	NPC	3	1995
	3rd	Jose Carlos V. Lacson	Lakas-NUCD	1	2001
	4th	Carlos O. Cojuangco	NPC	2	1998
	5th	Jose Apolinario L. Lozada, Jr.	Lakas-NUCD/KAMPI	2	1998
	6th	Genaro M. Alvarez, Jr.	NPC	3	1995
Negros Oriental	1st	Jacinto V. Paras	LDP	2	1998
	2nd	Emilio C. Macias II	NPC	2	1998
	3rd	Herminio G. Teves	independent	2	1998
Northern Samar	1st	Harlin C. Abayon	Liberal	2	1998
	2nd	Romualdo T. Vicencio	Lakas-NUCD	2	1998
Nueva Ecija	1st	Josefina M. Joson	NPC	2	1998
	2nd	Eleuterio R. Violago	Lakas-CMD	1	2001
	3rd	Aurelio M. Umali	LDP	1	2001
	4th	Raul L. Villareal	KAMPI	1	2004

[edit] External links

• List of Senators. Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved on 2006-09-16.
• The LAWPHi'L Project - Philippine Laws and Jurispudance Databank. Arellano Law Foundation. Retrieved on 2006-09-16.

[edit] Further reading

• Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library
• The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN 971-8832-24-6. 
• Pobre, Cesar P.. Philippine Legislature 100 Years. ISBN 971-92245-0-9. 

[edit] See also

• Congress of the Philippines
• Senate of the Philippines
• House of Representatives of the Philippines
• Philippine general election, 2001

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