Members of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus will attend the meeting with President Donald Trump. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo
A group of moderate House members is scheduled to meet with President Donald Trump on Wednesday, the latest across-the-aisle outreach by the White House to Democrats.
Members of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, including its co-chairmen, Reps. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) and Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), will attend, according to multiple sources.
Several other moderate members are on the list of those invited, including Reps. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), co-chair of the center-left Blue Dog Coalition, and Kyrsten Sinema, the Arizona Democrat who is weighing a challenge against Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.). Reps. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.), Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.), Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.), Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) and Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) are also on the invite list, according to a source.
While tax reform will be discussed, members are also expected to talk with Trump about a legislative fix for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, according to two sources. Trump has sent public and private signals in recent days that he’s open to a deal on Dreamers — undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children — even one that doesn’t include funding for a wall along the Mexican border as long as there are some border-security provisions attached.
The huddle is just the latest example of Trump reaching out to Democrats as the White House ramps up its push on tax reform.
Tuesday night the president was to host several senators — including red-state Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Joe Donnelly of Indiana — over dinner to talk tax reform. And last week Trump and Democratic leaders agreed to a fiscal deal that raises the debt limit and funds the government through mid-December.
The White House meeting with House moderates was first reported by USA Today.
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