C-11-4 Trump to meet with moderate Democrats with Gorsuch vote in mind
President Trump has invited several red state Democratic senators to lunch at the White House on Thursday in the hopes of swaying their support on his Supreme Court nominee. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Jon Tester of Montana, the senators invited to lunch, are all up for re-election in 2018. Trump will need the help of at least a few Democrats in the legislative branch to get Gorsuch confirmed. Otherwise, Trump would have to rely on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to change the Senate rules in order for Republicans to approve Gorsuch on a party-line vote, something McConnell loathes to do. Heitkamp met with Trump in December, worrying congressional leaders that Keitkamp might leave the Senate to take a job with the Trump administration. Although she did not take the job, she has shown a willingness to work with Trump. Manchin also met with Trump in December, but shortly after, announced he would not be leaving the Senate either.
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