Obama, Biden To Sit Down With House Republican Leaders

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listens as President Barack Obama speaks to media, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, before a meeting with between the president and Cong... House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listens as President Barack Obama speaks to media, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, before a meeting with between the president and Congressional leaders to discuss the situation in Syria. Boehner said he will support the president's call for the U.S. to take action against Syria for alleged chemical weapons use and says his Republican colleagues should support the president, too. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) MORE LESS
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President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday will meet with House Republican leadership, the White House said. The meeting is scheduled to be held at 4:35 p.m. ET in the Roosevelt Room. 

Obama had originally invited all 232 Republicans in the lower chamber, but House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) opted instead to send a smaller group. The White House expressed disappointment in Boehner’s decision, saying that the speaker is “preventing his members” from meeting with Obama.

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