[h=3]By COREY BOLES[/h] WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama will have dinner Wednesday night with a group of Senate Republicans, one of the GOP lawmakers attending the meeting said.
Separately, Senate GOP leaders said they have invited Mr. Obama to the Capitol next week to meet with Republicans during their weekly policy luncheon.
AFP/Getty Images President Obama will have dinner Wednesday night with a group of Senate Republicans.
The dinner doesn't include Senate GOP leaders and appears to be limited to the handful of Republican lawmakers the president has reached out to in phone calls in recent days. The lawmaker said the dinner isn't being held at the White House but wouldn't say where the group will dine.
The administration will need the cooperation of Republican lawmakers to make progress on any of the policy issues facing Congress and the White House, from a push to overhaul the country's immigration laws to a drive toward new gun-control laws and efforts to resolve the budgetary crises confronting the federal government.
In announcing next week's meeting on Capitol Hill, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) said in a written statement that "Senate Republicans welcome the President to the Capitol. And I appreciate he took my recommendation to hear from all of my members. We have numerous challenges facing the country and Republicans have offered the President serious solutions to shrink Washington spending and grow the economy. And we will have an opportunity to discuss them with the President at the lunch." The lunch meeting will take place on March 14.
The statement said the president had requested the meeting with the Senate Republican conference through his chief of staff, Denis McDonough.
White House spokesmen weren't available to comment on either meeting.
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Separately, Senate GOP leaders said they have invited Mr. Obama to the Capitol next week to meet with Republicans during their weekly policy luncheon.
AFP/Getty Images President Obama will have dinner Wednesday night with a group of Senate Republicans.
The dinner doesn't include Senate GOP leaders and appears to be limited to the handful of Republican lawmakers the president has reached out to in phone calls in recent days. The lawmaker said the dinner isn't being held at the White House but wouldn't say where the group will dine.
The administration will need the cooperation of Republican lawmakers to make progress on any of the policy issues facing Congress and the White House, from a push to overhaul the country's immigration laws to a drive toward new gun-control laws and efforts to resolve the budgetary crises confronting the federal government.
In announcing next week's meeting on Capitol Hill, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) said in a written statement that "Senate Republicans welcome the President to the Capitol. And I appreciate he took my recommendation to hear from all of my members. We have numerous challenges facing the country and Republicans have offered the President serious solutions to shrink Washington spending and grow the economy. And we will have an opportunity to discuss them with the President at the lunch." The lunch meeting will take place on March 14.
The statement said the president had requested the meeting with the Senate Republican conference through his chief of staff, Denis McDonough.
White House spokesmen weren't available to comment on either meeting.
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