Editing Manuel L. Quezon (section)

===={{anchor|Council of State}}Council of State expansion====
In 1938, Quezon expanded the [[Council of State (Philippines)|Council of State]] in Executive Order No. 144.<ref name="ReferenceA" /><ref name="GovPH-EO144">{{Cite web |title=Executive Order No. 144, s. 1938 |url=http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1938/03/17/executive-order-no-144-s-1938/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325161109/http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1938/03/17/executive-order-no-144-s-1938/ |archive-date=25 March 2019 |access-date=25 March 2019 |website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines|date=17 March 1938 }}</ref> This highest of advisory bodies to the president would be composed of the President, [[Vice President of the Philippines|Vice President]], [[President of the Senate of the Philippines|Senate President]], [[Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines|House Speaker]], [[President pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines|Senate President pro tempore]], [[House of Representatives of the Philippines#Speaker pro tempore|House Speaker pro tempore]], the majority floor leaders of both chambers of [[Congress of the Philippines|Congress]], former presidents, and three to five prominent citizens.<ref name="ReferenceA" />