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20th Congress of the Philippines

The 20th Congress of the Philippines (), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, is the current meeting of Congress convened on July 28, 2025. The 20th Congress is the meeting during the last three years of Bongbong Marcos's presidency, and will end on June 7, 2028. The convening of the 20th Congress followed the 2025 general elections, which replaced half of the Senate membership and the entire membership of the House of Representatives.

The House of Representatives continues to meet in the Batasang Pambansa Complex. The Senate will remain meeting in the GSIS Building before transferring to the New Senate Building in Taguig by 2028.

History

In the 2025 Philippine midterm election, the administration-backed Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas won the most seats in the Senate but lost ground to groups opposed to President Bongbong Marcos. The DuterTen ticket endorsed by Vice President Sara Duterte and former President Rodrigo Duterte outperformed pre-election surveys and gained seats in the upper chamber. Meanwhile, the KiBam tandem, having run as an independent opposition aligned with former Vice President Leni Robredo, were both elected, each winning a large share of the vote in upset victories. While Lakas–CMD remained the largest party in the House of Representatives—with 104 of its congressional candidates winning in local races—their share of seats declined from outgoing 19th Congress.

Political analyst Ronald Llamas interpreted the results as a rejection of the direction of the Marcos administration but not necessarily an approval of the vocal Duterte opposition. Media outlets attributed the results to Marcos's lack of charisma, his economic policies, the arrest of Rodrigo Duterte, and the impeachment of Sara Duterte.

Among the Senators in the 20th Congress, there are four pairs of siblings—Alan Peter and Pia Cayetano; Raffy and Erwin Tulfo; Jinggoy Estrada and JV Ejercito; and Mark and Camille Villar—the most in Philippine history. Tito Sotto will become the first Senator to serve a fifth term, becoming the longest-serving member in the history of the chamber.

In the House of Representatives, seven-term Representative Raymond Mendoza, who has served in every Congress since 2009, is expected to be term-limited after this Congress after having served three uninterrupted terms.

Timeline

2025

Date unknown

Party summary

Senate party summary

House party summary

Leadership

Senate

House of Representatives

Sessions

  • First Regular Session: July 28, 2025 – June 5, 2026
  • July 28, 2025 – October 10, 2025 (Senate); October 13, 2025 (House)
  • November 11, 2025 – December 29, 2025
  • January 26, 2026 – March 20, 2026
  • May 4, 2026 – June 5, 2026
  • Second Regular Session: July 27, 2026 – June 9, 2027
  • Third Regular Session: July 26, 2027 – June 7, 2028

Members

Senate

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

House of Representatives

Terms of members of the House of Representatives began on June 30, 2025, and will end on June 30, 2028, unless stated otherwise.

Changes in membership

House of Representatives

District representatives

Party-list representatives

Committees

Constitutional bodies

Senate committees

House of Representatives committees

Notes

References