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What power does the President actually have over Education, Energy, and Economic policy?

I'm trying to decide who to vote for and am wondering what power a President actually has over Economic, Education and Energy policies. I understand how much power the President will have over Foreign Policy. But does he really have a huge influence on Economic, Education and Energy policy? Or is that more in the hands of the House and Senate? (I'm trying to determine what policies matter to me in picking a presidential candidate.)

Public Comments

1. None. That's why it's so hard to understand.
2. A president has exactly 1/3rd of the power over those issues.
3. The president can present policies but they must have the approval of Congress to pass.
4. Basically all the President can do is foreign policy and enforce the laws instituted by congress. The president can also veto bills. So basically all these tax plans, education plans, healthcare etc will never be put into practice unless Congress does them. The President is the head of the military however.
5. It is more the Congress. If the president is well liked, (s)he will be able to get Congress to pass the initiatives that (s)he wants.
6. there powers are comparable to second of god.
7. None, and neither does the Congress. READ YOUR CONSTITUTION. What the Constitution does say is that "no state shall make anything but gold and silver tender for payment of debt", and it charges the Congress with "coining money". This is pretty clear to me: the Congress is commanded to coin money out of gold and silver. The Constitution also says: "Only Congress can Declare war". Congress doesn't seem to bother declaring war anymore, and doesn't seem to have a problem with the president waging it. Education are not mentioned anywhere in the Constitution. The Tenth Amendment of the Bill of Rights states that "All powers not given by this Constitution to the government, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states, and the people. That's pretty clear: neither the president, nor the Congress have any jurisdiction over education or energy.
8. Yes the president has enormous power and influence.but there is always the system of check and balance of which the Senate have the right to debate and discuss and vote for or against the proposal made by the President.If the proposal is popular it will get across and become adopted as the law of the nation.The president has a free hand to decide on any matters mentioned by you,,but he is to be held accountable for the policies he adopted.President bush is slowly becoming the most unpopular president and he will go down in history as such.Bush has a policy of war and make other nations look small and has no qualms using destructive methods to get what he wants..