Article II, Section 3

He shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both houses, or either of them, and in case of disagreement between them, with respect to the time of adjournment, he may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper; he shall receive ambassadors and other public ministers; he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all the officers of the United States.

The President must periodically deliver a speech on the current state of the Union in which he makes recommendations to Congress as to actions he considers necessary for the nation. The President possesses the power to call special sessions of Congress or either house after it has adjourned. If the two houses cannot agree on an adjournment date, it is the President who sets one. The President will receive ambassadors and other foreign diplomats. He will make sure that the laws of the Federal Government are properly executed. He will make sure that federal officers hold their posts and perform their duties.