16th Congress of the Philippines explained

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16th Congress of the Philippines
Term Start:	July 22, 2013
Term End:	June 6, 2016
Before:	15th
After:	17th
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:	President
Chamber1 Leader1:	Benigno Aquino III
Chamber1 Leader2 Type:	Vice President
Chamber1 Leader2:	Jejomar Binay
Chamber2:	Senate
Membership2:	24
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:	President
Chamber2 Leader1:	Franklin Drilon
Chamber2 Leader2 Type:	President pro tempore
Chamber2 Leader2:	Ralph Recto
Chamber2 Leader3 Type:	Majority leader
Chamber2 Leader3:	Alan Peter Cayetano
Chamber3:	House of Representatives
Chamber3 Leader1:	Feliciano Belmonte Jr.
Chamber3 Leader2 Type:	Deputy Speakers
Chamber3 Leader2:	Henedina Abad Giorgidi Aggabao Sergio Apostol Pangalian Balindong Carlos Padilla Roberto Puno
Chamber3 Leader3 Type:	Majority leader
Chamber3 Leader3:	Neptali Gonzales II
Membership3:	293
Chamber3 Leader1 Type:	Speaker
Chamber2 Leader4 Type:	Minority leader
Chamber2 Leader4:	Juan Ponce Enrile (until July 28, 2014) Tito Sotto (acting, July 28, 2014 – August 24, 2014) Juan Ponce Enrile (from August 24, 2014)
Chamber3 Leader4 Type:	Minority leader
Chamber3 Leader4:	Ronaldo Zamora

The 16th Congress of the Philippines (Filipino; Pilipino: Ikalabing-anim na Kongreso ng Pilipinas) composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from July 22, 2013, until June 6, 2016, during the last three years of Benigno Aquino III's presidency. The convening of the 16th Congress followed the 2013 general elections, which replaced half of the Senate membership and the entire membership of the House of Representatives.

Leaders

Senate

• President: Franklin Drilon (Liberal)
• President pro tempore: Ralph Recto (Liberal)
• Majority Floor Leader: Alan Peter Cayetano (Nacionalista)
• Minority Floor Leader:
  • Juan Ponce Enrile (PMP), until July 28, 2014
  • Tito Sotto (NPC), acting, July 28, 2014 – August 24, 2015
  • Juan Ponce Enrile (PMP), from August 24, 2015

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Feliciano Belmonte Jr. (Quezon City–4th, Liberal)
• Deputy Speakers:
  • Henedina Abad (Batanes, Liberal)
  • Giorgidi Aggabao (Isabela–4th, NPC)
  • Sergio Apostol (Leyte–2nd, Liberal)
  • Pangalian Balindong (Lanao del Sur–2nd, Liberal)
  • Carlos Padilla (Nueva Vizcaya, Nacionalista)
• Majority Floor Leader: Neptali Gonzales II (Mandaluyong, Liberal)
• Minority Floor Leader: Ronaldo Zamora (San Juan, Nacionalista)

Sessions

• First regular session: July 22, 2013 – June 9, 2014
• Second regular session: July 28, 2014 – May 25, 2015
• Third regular session: July 27, 2015 – May 24, 2016

Members

• Per party total:

• Per bloc total

Senate

The following are the terms of the senators of this Congress, according to the date of election:

• For senators elected on May 10, 2010: June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2016
• For senators elected on May 13, 2013: June 30, 2013 – June 30, 2019

Senator	Party		Term	Term ending	Bloc	Registered in
		LDP	1	2019	Majority	Baler, Aurora
		Liberal	1	2019	Majority	Quezon City
		UNA	1	2019	Minority	Makati
		Nacionalista	2	2019	Majority	Taguig
		Nacionalista	2	2016	Majority	Taguig
		PRP	2	2016	Minority	Quezon City
		Liberal	1	2016	Majority	Iloilo City
		PMP	1	2019	Minority	San Juan
		Independent	2	2019	Majority	Sorsogon City, Sorsogon
		PMP	2	2016	Majority	San Juan
		Liberal	1	2016	Majority	Malaybalay, Bukidnon
		UNA	2	2019	Minority	Marikina
		Independent	2	2016	Majority	Porac, Pampanga
		NPC	2	2019	Majority	Malabon
		Nacionalista	1	2016	Majority	Batac, Ilocos Norte
		Independent	1	2016	Majority	Makati
		PDP–Laban	1	2019	Majority	Cagayan de Oro
		Independent	1	2019	Majority	San Juan
		PMP	2	2016	Minority	Aparri, Cagayan
		Liberal	1	2016	Majority	Lipa, Batangas
		Lakas	2	2016	Majority	Imus, Cavite
		NPC	1	2016	Majority	Quezon City
		Nacionalista	2	2019	Majority	Caloocan
		Nacionalista	1	2019	Minority	Las Piñas

Current composition

Per party

Party	width=10%	Majority !	width=10%	Minority !	Total	%
	5	0	5	21%
	0	5	5	21%
	4	0	4	17%
	1	1	2	8%
	1	0	1	4%
	1	0	1	4%
	1	0	1	4%
	1	0	1	4%
	4	0	4	16%
Total		18	6	24	100%

Per bloc

Bloc	Total	%
Majority	18	75%
Minority	6	25%
Total	24	100%

Composition history

Date	Event	Party(Majority/minority bloc/independent) (Shading indicates party has members in the majority bloc)									width=35px rowspan=3	Total
											bgcolor=white
		width=35px	LDP	width=35px	Lakas	width=35px	LP	width=35px	NP	width=35px	NPC	width=35px	PDP	width=35px	PRP	width=35px	UNA	width=35px	Ind	width=35px	Vacant
End of 15th Congress		bgcolor=	1 / 0	bgcolor=	2 / 1	bgcolor=	4 / 0	bgcolor=	2 / 3	bgcolor=	2 / 0	bgcolor=	2 / 0	bgcolor=	1 / 0	bgcolor=	3 / 0	bgcolor=	2 / 0	23	1
Election result		1	2	4	5	2	1	1	5	3	24	0
July 22, 2013	Senate presidential election	bgcolor=	1 / 0	bgcolor=	2 / 0	bgcolor=	4 / 0	bgcolor=	5 / 0	bgcolor=	1 / 1	bgcolor=	1 / 0	0/0/1	0 / 5	bgcolor=	3 / 0	24	0
July 23, 2013	Santiago accepted into the majority	bgcolor=	1 / 0	bgcolor=	2 / 0	bgcolor=	4 / 0	bgcolor=	5 / 0	bgcolor=	1 / 1	bgcolor=	1 / 0	bgcolor=	1 / 0	0 / 5	bgcolor=	3 / 0	24	0

House of Representatives

The term of office of the members of the House of Representatives will be from June 30, 2013, to June 30, 2016.

Province/City	District	Representative	Party		Term	Bloc
Abra	Lone			Liberal	2	Majority
Agusan del Norte	1st			Liberal	1	Majority
	2nd			Kusug Agusanon	1	Majority
Agusan del Sur	1st			NUP	2	Majority
	2nd			NUP	2	Majority
Aklan	Lone			Independent	2	Majority
Albay	1st			Liberal	1	Majority
	2nd			Nacionalista	3	Majority
	3rd			Liberal	2	Majority
Antipolo	1st			NUP	3	Majority
	2nd			Liberal	2	Majority
Antique	Lone			Liberal	2	Majority
Apayao	Lone			NPC	2	Majority
Aurora	Lone			LDP	1	Minority
Bacolod	Lone			NPC	1	Majority
Baguio	Lone			Independent	1	Majority
Basilan	Lone			Liberal	2	Majority
Bataan	1st			Liberal	3	Majority
	2nd			NUP	1	Majority
Batanes	Lone			Liberal	2	Majority
Batangas	1st			Lakas	1	Majority
	2nd			Nacionalista	1	Majority
	3rd			Liberal	2	Majority
	4th			NPC	3	Majority
Benguet	Lone			Liberal	2	Majority
Biliran	Lone			Liberal	2	Majority
Bohol	1st			Liberal	2	Majority
	2nd			NPC	1	Majority
	3rd			NPC	1	Majority
Bukidnon	1st			Liberal	1	Majority
	2nd			Nacionalista	2	Minority
	3rd			Liberal	3	Majority
	4th			NPC	1	Majority
Bulacan	1st			NUP	3	Majority
	2nd			NUP	1	Independent minority
	3rd			Liberal	2	Majority
	4th			Liberal	2	Majority
Cagayan	1st			NPC	1	Majority
	2nd			NUP	2	Majority
	3rd			NUP	2	Majority
Cagayan de Oro	1st			Liberal	1	Majority
	2nd			CDP	3	Majority
Caloocan	1st			NPC	1	Majority
	2nd			Liberal	1	Majority
Camarines Norte	1st			NUP	1	Majority
	2nd			Lakas	2	Majority
Camarines Sur	1st			Lakas	2	Majority
	2nd			Lakas	3	Independent minority
	3rd			Liberal	1	Majority
	4th			NPC	1	Majority
	5th			Liberal	2	Majority
Camiguin	Lone			NPC	1	Majority
Capiz	1st			Liberal	3	Majority
	2nd			NUP	1	Majority
Catanduanes	Lone			Liberal	2	Majority
Cavite	1st			Liberal	1	Majority
	2nd			Lakas	2	Independent minority
	3rd			Liberal	1	Majority
	4th			NUP	3	Majority
	5th			Liberal	2	Majority
	6th			NUP	1	Independent minority
	7th			Liberal	1	Majority
Cebu	1st			Nacionalista	1	Majority
	2nd			Liberal	1	Majority
	3rd			UNA	1	Majority
	4th			NUP	2	Majority
	5th			Liberal	1	Majority
	6th			Liberal	2	Majority
Cebu City	1st			Liberal	1	Majority
	2nd			Liberal	1	Majority
Compostela Valley	1st			Liberal	2	Majority
	2nd			Aksyon	3	Majority
Cotabato	1st			Liberal	2	Majority
	2nd			Liberal	2	Majority
	3rd			Nacionalista	1	Minority
Davao City	1st			NUP	2	Majority
	2nd			Liberal	2	Majority
	3rd			Liberal	3	Majority
Davao del Norte	1st			Liberal	2	Majority
	2nd			NUP	3	Majority
Davao del Sur	1st			Nacionalista	1	Majority
	2nd			Liberal	3	Majority
Davao Oriental	1st			Nacionalista	3	Majority
	2nd			Lakas	3	Majority
Dinagat Islands	Lone			Liberal	2	Majority
Eastern Samar	Lone			Liberal	2	Majority
Guimaras	Lone			Liberal	3	Majority
Ifugao	Lone			Liberal	2	Majority
Iligan	Lone			Liberal	3	Majority
Ilocos Norte	1st			Nacionalista	2	Majority
	2nd			KBL	2	Independent minority
Ilocos Sur	1st			Lakas	3	Majority
	2nd			Liberal	1	Majority
Iloilo	1st			Liberal	1	Majority
	2nd			Liberal	1	Majority
	3rd			Liberal	2	Majority
	4th			UNA	1	Majority
	5th			Liberal	3	Majority
Iloilo City	Lone			Liberal	2	Majority
Isabela	1st			NPC	1	Minority
	2nd			Nacionalista	2	Minority
	3rd			NPC	2	Majority
	4th			NPC	3	Majority
Kalinga	Lone			Liberal	3	Majority
La Union	1st			Lakas	3	Independent minority
	2nd			NPC	2	Majority
Laguna	1st			Liberal	3	Majority
	2nd			Liberal	1	Majority
	3rd			UNA	1	Majority
	4th			Liberal	1	Majority
Lanao del Norte	1st			NPC	2	Independent minority
	2nd			NPC	1	Independent minority
Lanao del Sur	1st			Liberal	1	Majority
	2nd			Liberal	3	Majority
Lapu-Lapu City	Lone			Lakas	1	Majority
Las Piñas	Lone			Nacionalista	2	Majority
Leyte	1st			Lakas	3	Independent minority
	2nd			Liberal	2	Majority
	3rd			Liberal	3	Majority
	4th			Liberal	1	Majority
	5th			Liberal	2	Majority
Maguindanao	1st			Liberal	2	Majority
	2nd			Liberal	1	Majority
Makati	1st			UNA	2	Majority
	2nd			UNA	3	Majority
Malabon	Lone			NPC	3	Majority
Mandaluyong	Lone			Liberal	3	Majority
Manila	1st			Liberal	3	Majority
	2nd			Liberal	2	Majority
	3rd			NPC	3	Majority
	4th			Lakas	3	Majority
	5th			NUP	3	Majority
	6th			Liberal	2	Majority
Marikina	1st			Liberal	3	Majority
	2nd			Liberal	2	Majority
Marinduque	Lone			Liberal	1	Majority
				NUP	–	Majority
Masbate	1st			NUP	1	Majority
	2nd			Lakas	1	Majority
	3rd			NPC	2	Majority
Misamis Occidental	1st			Liberal	2	Majority
	2nd			Nacionalista	1	Majority
Misamis Oriental	1st			Liberal	2	Majority
	2nd			NUP	1	Independent minority
Mountain Province	Lone			Liberal	2	Majority
Muntinlupa	Lone			Liberal	2	Majority
Navotas	Lone			UNA	2	Independent
Negros Occidental	1st			NPC	3	Majority
	2nd			NUP	1	Independent minority
	3rd			Liberal	2	Majority
	4th			NUP	3	Majority
	5th			Liberal	2	Majority
	6th			NPC	2	Majority
Negros Oriental	1st			Liberal	1	Majority
	2nd			NPC	3	Majority
	3rd			NPC	3	Majority
Northern Samar	1st			Nacionalista	1	Majority
				Liberal	–	Majority
	2nd			NUP	3	Majority
Nueva Ecija	1st			Unang Sigaw	1	Majority
	2nd			Liberal	3	Majority
	3rd			Liberal	3	Majority
	4th			NUP	1	Majority
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone			Nacionalista	3	Majority
Occidental Mindoro	Lone			Liberal	1	Majority
Oriental Mindoro	1st			Liberal	1	Majority
	2nd			Liberal	2	Majority
Palawan	1st			NUP	1	Majority
	2nd			NUP	1	Majority
	3rd			NPC	1	Majority
Pampanga	1st			NUP	1	Majority
	2nd			Lakas	2	Independent minority
	3rd			Liberal	1	Majority
	4th			Nacionalista	1	Majority
Pangasinan	1st			NPC	2	Majority
	2nd			NPC	2	Majority
	3rd			Liberal	1	Majority
	4th			NPC	2	Majority
	5th			NPC	2	Majority
	6th			NPC	2	Majority
Parañaque	1st			Liberal	1	Majority
	2nd			UNA	1	Majority
Pasay	Lone			Liberal	2	Majority
Pasig	Lone			Liberal	3	Majority
Quezon	1st			NPC	3	Majority
	2nd			Liberal	1	Majority
	3rd			Lakas	1	Independent minority
	4th			NPC	1	Majority
Quezon City	1st			Liberal	1	Majority
	2nd			Liberal	2	Majority
	3rd			Liberal	2	Majority
	4th			Liberal	2	Majority
	5th			Liberal	1	Majority
	6th			Liberal	1	Majority
Quirino	Lone			Liberal	2	Majority
Rizal	1st			NPC	2	Majority
	2nd			NPC	2	Majority
Romblon	Lone			Nacionalista	3	Majority
Samar	1st			Liberal	2	Majority
	2nd			NPC	2	Majority
San Jose del Monte	Lone			Liberal	3	Majority
San Juan	Lone			UNA	1	Minority
Sarangani	Lone			UNA	1	Majority
Siquijor	Lone			Liberal	1	Majority
Sorsogon	1st			NPC	1	Majority
	2nd			Liberal	2	Majority
South Cotabato	1st			Liberal	2	Majority
	2nd			NPC	1	Majority
Southern Leyte	Lone			NUP	1	Majority
Sultan Kudarat	1st			Independent	2	Majority
	2nd			NUP	3	Majority
Sulu	1st			NUP	2	Majority
	2nd			Liberal	1	Majority
Surigao del Norte	1st			Liberal	3	Majority
	2nd			Liberal	3	Majority
Surigao del Sur	1st			Lakas	3	Independent minority
				Liberal	–	Majority
	2nd			Liberal	3	Majority
Taguig–Pateros	1st			Liberal	2	Majority
Taguig	2nd			PDP–Laban	1	Minority
Tarlac	1st			NPC	2	Majority
	2nd			NPC	2	Majority
	3rd			Nacionalista	1	Majority
Tawi-Tawi	Lone			Liberal	1	Majority
Valenzuela	1st			NPC	1	Majority
	2nd			Lakas	3	Majority
Zambales	1st			NPC	1	Majority
	2nd			Liberal	1	Majority
Zamboanga City	1st			LDP	1	Majority
	2nd			Nacionalista	1	Majority
Zamboanga del Norte	1st			Nacionalista	2	Minority
	2nd			Liberal	3	Majority
	3rd			Liberal	1	Majority
Zamboanga del Sur	1st			NUP	3	Majority
	2nd			NUP	2	Majority
Zamboanga Sibugay	1st			Nacionalista	1	Majority
	2nd			Liberal	1	Majority
Party-list					1	Minority
					1	Majority
					2	Majority
				1-SAGIP	1	Majority
				A TEACHER	3	Majority
				A TEACHER	2	Majority
				AAMBIS-Owa	2	Majority
					1	Independent minority
					2	Majority
				Abang Lingkod	1	Majority
				Abono	1	Majority
				Abono	3	Majority
					3	Majority
				ACT Teachers	2	Minority
				ACT-CIS	1	Majority
				AGAP	3	Majority
				AGAP	1	Majority
					2	Majority
					1	Majority
				AKB	2	Majority
				AKB	2	Majority
				Akbayan	3	Majority
				Akbayan	1	Majority
				Akbayan	–	Majority
				Alay Buhay	2	Majority
					1	Majority
				AMIN	1	Majority
				An Waray	2	Majority
				An Waray	1	Majority
					1	Majority
				Anakpawis	1	Minority
				Ang Nars	1	Minority
					1	Majority
				Append	1	Majority
				AVE	2	Majority
				Bayan Muna	3	Minority
				Bayan Muna	1	Minority
				Buhay	3	Majority
				Buhay	1	Independent minority
				Buhay	3	Majority
				Butil	3	Majority
				CIBAC	2	Majority
				CIBAC	3	Majority
				Coop-NATCCO	3	Majority
				Coop-NATCCO	1	Majority
					2	Majority
				Gabriela	3	Minority
				Gabriela	2	Minority
				Kabataan	1	Minority
					2	Majority
					2	Minority
				Magdalo	1	Majority
				Magdalo	1	Majority
				OFW	1	Majority
				OFW	1	Majority
				TUCP	3	Majority
					3	Minority

Current composition

Per party

Party	width=10%	Majority !	width=10%	Ind. & Ind. minority !	width=10%	Minority !	None	Total	%
	110	0	0	0	110	37.7%
	35	2	1	0	38	13.0%
	24	3	0	0	27	9.2%
	16	0	5	0	21	7.2%
	6	7	0	1	14	4.8%
	7	1	0	0	8	2.7%
		2	1	0	0	3	1.0%
		2	0	0	0	2	0.7%
		2	0	0	0	2	0.7%
		2	0	0	0	2	0.7%
		2	0	0	0	2	0.7%
		2	0	0	0	2	0.7%
	2	0	0	0	2	0.7%
		2	0	0	0	2	0.7%
		0	0	2	0	2	0.7%
		2	0	0	0	2	0.7%
		2	0	0	0	2	0.7%
		0	0	2	0	2	0.7%
	1	0	1	0	2	0.7%
		2	0	0	0	2	0.7%
		2	0	0	0	2	0.7%
		0	0	1	0	1	0.3%
		1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
		1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
		0	1	0	0	1	0.3%
		1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
		1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
		1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
		1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
		0	0	1	0	1	0.3%
		1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
		1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
		1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
		1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
		1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
		0	0	1	0	1	0.3%
		1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
		1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
		0	0	1	0	1	0.3%
		1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
		1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	Bukidnon Paglaum (caucuses with Liberals)	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
		1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
		1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	KABAKA (caucuses with UNA)	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
		0	0	1	0	1	0.3%
		1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
		1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	0	1	0	0	1	0.3%
	Kusug Agusanon (caucuses with Liberals)	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
		0	0	1	0	1	0.3%
	Magdiwang (caucuses with UNA)	0	0	1	0	1	0.3%
	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
		1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
		1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
	United Negros Alliance (caucuses with NUP)	1	0	0	0	1	0.3%
		0	0	1	0	1	0.3%
	3	1	0	0	4	1.4%
Totals		253	17	19	1	290	99.3%

Per bloc

Bloc	Total	%
Majority	253	86.6%
Minority	19	6.5%
Independent minority (including 1 independent)	17	5.8%
None	1	0.3%
Vacancies	2	0.7%
Total	292	100%

Note: Representatives who voted for Romualdez in the speakership election are denoted as "independent minority". One representative who abstained in the speakership election is denoted as an "independent" and is included in the "independent minority" bloc for purposes of classification.

Composition history

• Shading indicates party has members in the majority bloc; italicization indicates party has members in the Minority bloc.

Date	Event	Party(Majority/minority bloc/unclassified) (Shading indicates party has members in the majority bloc)										width=35px rowspan=3	Total
									bgcolor=purple			bgcolor=black		bgcolor=white
		width=35px	Lakas	width=35px	LP	width=35px	NP	width=35px	NPC	width=35px	NUP	width=35px	UNA	width=35px	Other	width=35px	Local	width=35px	Ind	width=35px	PL	width=35px	Vacant
End of 15th Congress		bgcolor=	28	bgcolor=	91	bgcolor=	16	bgcolor=	43	bgcolor=	27	bgcolor=	11	bgcolor=	4	bgcolor=	1	bgcolor=	4	bgcolor=	56	281	6
Election result		14	112	18	42	24	10	4	4	6	54	288	4
July 2, 2013	Macrohon-Nuño (independent) joins the Nacionalista Party	14	112	19	42	24	10	4	4	5	54	288	4
July 22, 2013	Speakership election	bgcolor=	7/0/7	bgcolor=	109/1/2	bgcolor=	16/4/0	bgcolor=	32/1/5	bgcolor=	22/0/4	bgcolor=	8/1/1	bgcolor=	2/1/1	bgcolor=	4/0/0	bgcolor=	3/0/1	bgcolor=	41/11/2	288	4
July 24, 2013	Duavit accepted into the majority	bgcolor=	7/0/7	bgcolor=	110/1/2	bgcolor=	15/4/0	bgcolor=	33/1/4	bgcolor=	22/0/4	bgcolor=	8/1/1	bgcolor=	2/1/1	bgcolor=	4/0/0	bgcolor=	3/0/1	bgcolor=	41/11/2	288	4
July 29, 2013	Biazon accepted into the majority	bgcolor=	7/0/7	bgcolor=	111/1/1	bgcolor=	15/4/0	bgcolor=	33/1/4	bgcolor=	22/0/4	bgcolor=	8/1/1	bgcolor=	2/1/1	bgcolor=	4/0/0	bgcolor=	3/0/1	bgcolor=	41/11/2	288	4
July 31, 2013	Dy, Ocampo accepted into the majority; R.D. Mendoza sworn in	bgcolor=	7/0/7	bgcolor=	112/1	bgcolor=	15/4/0	bgcolor=	34/1/3	bgcolor=	22/0/4	bgcolor=	8/1/1	bgcolor=	2/1/1	bgcolor=	4/0/0	bgcolor=	3/0/1	bgcolor=	41/11/3	289	3
August 8, 2013	R.D. Mendoza accepted into the majority	bgcolor=	7/0/7	bgcolor=	112/1	bgcolor=	15/4/0	bgcolor=	36/1/1	bgcolor=	22/0/4	bgcolor=	8/1/1	bgcolor=	2/1/1	bgcolor=	4/0/0	bgcolor=	3/0/1	bgcolor=	42/11/2	289	3
May 28, 2014	Paduano sworn in	bgcolor=	7/0/7	bgcolor=	112/1	bgcolor=	15/4/0	bgcolor=	36/1/1	bgcolor=	22/0/4	bgcolor=	8/1/1	bgcolor=	2/1/1	bgcolor=	4/0/0	bgcolor=	3/0/1	bgcolor=	42/11/3	290	2
May 29, 2014	Paduano accepted into the majority	bgcolor=	7/0/7	bgcolor=	112/1	bgcolor=	15/4/0	bgcolor=	36/1/1	bgcolor=	22/0/4	bgcolor=	8/1/1	bgcolor=	2/1/1	bgcolor=	4/0/0	bgcolor=	3/0/1	bgcolor=	43/11/2	290	2
March 16, 2015	W. Bello's resignation	bgcolor=	7/0/7	bgcolor=	112/1	bgcolor=	15/4/0	bgcolor=	36/1/1	bgcolor=	22/0/4	bgcolor=	8/1/1	bgcolor=	2/1/1	bgcolor=	4/0/0	bgcolor=	3/0/1	bgcolor=	42/11/2	289	3
May 12, 2015	E. Cojuangco's death	bgcolor=	7/0/7	bgcolor=	112/1	bgcolor=	15/4/0	bgcolor=	35/1/1	bgcolor=	22/0/4	bgcolor=	8/1/1	bgcolor=	2/1/1	bgcolor=	4/0/0	bgcolor=	3/0/1	bgcolor=	42/11/2	288	4
May 13, 2015	Katoh sworn in	bgcolor=	7/0/7	bgcolor=	112/1	bgcolor=	15/4/0	bgcolor=	35/1/1	bgcolor=	22/0/4	bgcolor=	8/1/1	bgcolor=	2/1/1	bgcolor=	4/0/0	bgcolor=	3/0/1	bgcolor=	42/11/3	289	3
May 19, 2015	Katoh accepted into the majority	bgcolor=	7/0/7	bgcolor=	112/1	bgcolor=	15/4/0	bgcolor=	35/1/1	bgcolor=	22/0/4	bgcolor=	8/1/1	bgcolor=	2/1/1	bgcolor=	4/0/0	bgcolor=	3/0/1	bgcolor=	43/11/2	289	3
September 16, 2015	Panotes's death	bgcolor=	6/0/7	bgcolor=	112/1	bgcolor=	15/4/0	bgcolor=	35/1/1	bgcolor=	22/0/4	bgcolor=	8/1/1	bgcolor=	2/1/1	bgcolor=	4/0/0	bgcolor=	3/0/1	bgcolor=	42/11/3	288	4
September 29, 2015	M.S. Sarmiento's swearing in as Secretary of the Interior and Local Government	bgcolor=	6/0/7	bgcolor=	111/1	bgcolor=	15/4/0	bgcolor=	35/1/1	bgcolor=	22/0/4	bgcolor=	8/1/1	bgcolor=	2/1/1	bgcolor=	4/0/0	bgcolor=	3/0/1	bgcolor=	42/11/3	287	5

• In this tally, congressmen who voted for Romualdez are unclassified.

Committees

Constitutional bodies

Committee	Senate				House of Representatives
	Chairman		Minority leader		Chairman		District	Minority leader		District
Commission on Appointments		Franklin Drilon		Vicente Sotto III		Antonio del Rosario	Capiz–1st			Isabela–1st
Electoral tribunals		Bam Aquino		Nancy Binay			Davao del Sur–2nd			Party-list
Judicial and Bar Council		Aquilino Pimentel III			Iloilo–5th

• Replacement for resigned member Mel Senen Sarmiento (Liberal; Samar–1st)

Senate committees

See main article: List of Philippine Senate committees.

House of Representatives committees

See main article: List of Philippine House of Representatives committees.

Legislation

Laws passed by the 16th Congress:

See main article: Laws of the 16th Congress of the Philippines.