Abstract

The president's programs are not monopoly and excluding, rather competitive and open to the members of congress; not commanding and abiding by, rather persuading and being persuaded; not comprehensively dominating the whole process of the Congress, rather only leading the legislative process of the Congress. The president 's programs exit in the State of the Union Address mostly. The reasons include the Constitution of the United States, the president itself and the congress itself ext.. The president's programs are based on separation, checks & balance, are different from rights-reflecting legislative plans of England and China's autonomous legislative plans. China's autonomous legislative plans include three categories mandatory plans that must be completed when conditions are ripe, guiding plans that are ready to be completed as far as possible and researching plans that continue to be studied and considered according to circumstances. The president should struggle for his (or her) legislative programs to pass and is constraint of objective, subjective and externally environmental factors. Whether the president can successfully start the legislative programs of the Congress and whether each legislative project can pass through the legislative process of the Congress can be judged objectively by the president's public opinion support rate and party support rate, and subjectively by the president's subjective efforts, negotiation ability and persuasion ability, as well as the external environment when the president competes with the Congress, such as war or peace, economic situation, etc.

Highlights

  • The legislative planning power of the United States president is directly reflected by the president's legislative programs

  • Through the form of "speech report" and "report speech" in the State of the Union address, and interpret Obama's legislative plan in 2012 according to the thinking of "trichotomy", the results show that the first category of projects mainly include: (1) innovation act; (2) job creation act; (3) opportunity provision bill for homeowners; (4) Insider Trading prohibition bill for members of Congress; and (5) simple rules bill of the Senate

  • Rather than saying that the president "owns" the legislative planning power of the Congress with 100% of the president’s planning power, it is more accurate to say that the president "dominates" the legislative programs of the Congress, "greatly affects" the legislative planning process of the Congress, and even "practically controls" the legislative planning power of the Congress

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Summary

Introduction

The legislative planning power of the United States president is directly reflected by the president's legislative programs. It refers to the legislative project proposed by the president; dynamically, the game between the president and the Congress develops, and the time flows to form a legislative plan. When it is converted to the two angles of power and right, the president 's programs is put on the table. The president's programs is a non-monopolistic and non-imperative "particular power". The non-monopoly originated from competition with Parliament members, the group of people with actual ownership (performance on average). The non-command is a customary practice based on historical tradition, which is more tacit rather than fixed.

Why the President’s Programs Exist
The Provision of the Federal Constitution on President’s Programs
Analyses Taking the Case of 2012 and 2016 State of the Union Address
The Multiple Positioning of the State of the Union Address
The President Not Comprehensively “Dominates” the Legislation of Congress
The Reason for President’s Legislative Planning Power
A Melting Power System in Britain
Findings
President’s Programs Attributed to the Balanced Legislative Planning Power
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