Obama Meets McConnell in Private Meeting

President Obama met with incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) at the White House on Wednesday, in a rare one-on-one conversation between the two leaders, the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Such conversations have been an infrequent occurrence for the Democratic president and the Senate’s top Republican. The Kentucky senator, who will become majority leader in the new Congress, occasionally has attended White House meetings with other lawmakers. But a spokesman for the minority leader said Mr. McConnell last attended a private meeting with Mr. Obama in 2011. Vice President Joe Biden also was present for that conversation.”