Reply #52: Again, what is your authority for this? [View All]

[JDPriestly]

Here is the full text of the provision.

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.

www.usconstitution.net/const.html#A2Sec3

The two powers -- to give Congress Information and recommend measures for their consideration and the president's authority to convene Congress are stated in the same sentence divided only by a semi-colon.

No. 77 of the Federalist Papers also deals with this.

I don't see any comment that would compel the interpretation you are proposing.