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The document discusses the key functions and characteristics of the Philippine Legislative Branch. It has three main parts: 1) The Legislative Branch is constitutionally mandated to create, pass, and repeal laws. It represents the people and debates between unicameral vs. bicameral systems. 2) The two houses of Congress are described - the House of Representatives with 269 members from districts and sectors, and the 24-member Senate elected nationally. 3) Characteristics of Philippine politics are discussed, including patronage politics through political families, economic power translating to political power, and "political turncoatism".
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- 3. (1) Constitutional mandate to create, pass, repeal laws (2) Represents the people
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- 7. Philippine Senate • 24 Senators elected nationally • Organizationally: Senate President, Senate Pro Tempore, Majority Leader, Minority Leader • Committee System http://www.senate.gov.ph/
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