The 6th Congress of the Philippines (), composed of the

Philippine Senate The Senate of the Philippines () is the upper house of Congress, the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, with the House of Representatives as the lower house. The Senate is composed of 24 senators who are elected at-large (the country f ...

and

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, met from January 17, 1966, until June 17, 1969, during the first three-and-a-half years of Ferdinand Marcos's presidency.

Sessions

* First Special Session: January 17–22, 1966 *First Regular Session: January 24 – May 19, 1966 *Second Special Session: May 20 – June 18, 1966 *Third Special Session: August 15–27, 1966 *First Joint Session: April 25 and June 1, 1966 *Second Regular Session: January 23 – May 18, 1967 *Fourth Special Session: June 1 – July 5, 1967 *Fifth Special Session: July 17 – August 18, 1967 *Second Joint Session: January 30, February 13, February 27, March 8 and March 14–16, 1967 *Third Regular Session: January 22 – May 16, 1968 *Third Joint Session: February 20 – March 1, 1968 *Sixth Special Session: May 17–28, 1968 *Seventh Special Session: July 8 – August 10, 1968 *Eighth Special Session: August 12–31, 1968 *Fourth Regular Session: January 27 – May 22, 1969 *Ninth Special Session: June 2 – July 5, 1969 *Fourth Joint Session: June 11–17, 1969

Legislation

The Sixth Congress passed a total of 1,481 laws. (

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Nos. 4643 – 6123)

Leadership

6th Congress of the Philippines-House of Representatives composition

Senate

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: ** Arturo Tolentino (

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), until January 26, 1967 ** Gil Puyat (

), from January 26, 1967 * President pro tempore: **

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), until January 26, 1967 ** Jose Roy (

), from January 26, 1967 * Majority Floor Leader: ** Jose Roy (

), until January 26, 1967 ** Rodolfo Ganzon (

), from January 26, 1967 * Minority Floor Leader: Ambrosio Padilla ( Liberal)

House of Representatives

* Speaker: **

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( Capiz–2nd, Liberal), until February 2, 1967 ** Jose Laurel Jr. ( Batangas–3rd,

), from February 2, 1967 * Speaker pro tempore: Jose M. Aldeguer ( Iloilo–5th,

) * Majority Floor Leader: ** Justiniano Montano (

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), until February 2, 1967 **Marcelino Veloso ( Leyte–3rd,

), from February 2, 1967 * Minority Floor Leader: ** Jose Laurel Jr. ( Batangas–3rd,

), until February 2, 1967 **

( Capiz–2nd, Liberal), from February 2, 1967

Members

Senate

The following are the terms of the senators of this Congress, according to the date of election: * For senators elected on November 14, 1961: December 30, 1961 – December 30, 1967 * For senators elected on November 12, 1963: December 30, 1963 – December 30, 1969 * For senators elected on November 9, 1965: December 30, 1965 – December 30, 1971 * For senators elected on November 14, 1967: December 30, 1967 – December 30, 1973

House of Representatives

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External links

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Members

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See also

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Further reading

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