American President, The

American President, The The reason that they need the pledged votes by the State of the Union is that it is in that speech before both houses of Congress that the President sets his domesitc and foreign policy agendas for the upcoming year. If you have the "support" of the Congress in the form of their pledged votes, you know you have a chan...ce of getting your proposed legislation passed. Hope that helps you out Kane! :)