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Guest List Includes Top Lawmakers From Both Parties

The White House released a list of guests it expected to attend Monday night’s dinner at the White House. President Barack Obama invited scores of lawmakers and their spouses to dine with him in the East Room as part of his effort to strengthen relations with Capitol Hill.

Below is the list of guests expected to join Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joseph Biden and Jill Biden, according to pool reports.

From the Senate

  • Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)
  • Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)
  • Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)
  • Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.)
  • Aging ranking member Bob Corker (R-Tenn.)
  • Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)
  • Agriculture ranking member Pat Roberts (R-Kan.)
  • Appropriations Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii)
  • Appropriations ranking member Thad Cochran (R-Miss.)
  • Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.)
  • Armed Services ranking member John McCain (R-Ariz.)
  • Banking Chairman Tim Johnson (D-S.D.)
  • Banking ranking member Richard Shelby (R-Ala.)
  • Budget Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.)
  • Budget ranking member Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.)
  • Commerce Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.)
  • Commerce ranking member Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas)
  • Joint Economic Chairman Bob Casey (D-Pa.)
  • Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)
  • Energy and Natural Resources ranking member Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)
  • Environment and Public Works Chairman and Ethics Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)
  • Ethics Vice Chairman Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.)
  • Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.)
  • Foreign Relations Chairman John Kerry (D-Mass.)
  • Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)
  • Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions ranking member Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.)
  • Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.)
  • Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs ranking member Susan Collins (R-Maine)
  • Indian Affairs Vice Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)
  • Intelligence Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)
  • Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)
  • Judiciary ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
  • Rules and Administration Chairman Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.)
  • Rules and Administration ranking member Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)
  • Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chairwoman Mary Landrieu (D-La.)
  • Small Business and Entrepreneurship ranking member Olympia Snowe (R-Maine)
  • Veterans’ Affairs Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-Wash.)
  • Veterans’ Affairs ranking member Richard Burr (R-N.C.)

From the House

  • Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio)
  • Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.)
  • Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)
  • Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)
  • Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.)
  • Assistant Leader James Clyburn (D-S.C.)
  • Agriculture Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla.)
  • Agriculture ranking member Collin Peterson (D-Minn.)
  • Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.)
  • Appropriations ranking member Norm Dicks (D-Wash.)
  • Armed Services Chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.)
  • Armed Services ranking member Adam Smith (D-Wash.)
  • Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.)
  • Budget ranking member Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.)
  • Education and Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-Minn.)
  • Education and Workforce ranking member George Miller (D-Calif.)
  • Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.)
  • Energy and Commerce ranking member Henry Waxman (D-Calif.)
  • Ethics Chairman Jo Bonner (R-Ala.)
  • Ethics ranking member Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.)
  • Financial Services Chairman Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.)
  • Financial Services ranking member Barney Frank (D-Mass.)
  • Foreign Affairs Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.)
  • Foreign Affairs ranking member Howard Berman (D-Calif.)
  • Homeland Security Chairman Peter King (R-N.Y.)
  • House Administration Chairman Dan Lungren (R-Calif.)
  • House Administration ranking member Robert Brady (D-Pa.)
  • Intelligence Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.)
  • Intelligence ranking member Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.)
  • Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas)
  • Judiciary ranking member John Conyers (D-Mich.)
  • Natural Resources Chairman Doc Hastings (R-Wash.)
  • Natural Resources ranking member Ed Markey (D-Mass.)
  • Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)
  • Oversight and Government Reform ranking member Elijah Cummings (D-Md.)
  • Rules Chairman David Dreier (R-Calif.)
  • Rules ranking member Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.)
  • Science, Space and Technology Chairman Ralph Hall (R-Texas)
  • Science, Space and Technology ranking member Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas)
  • Small Business Chairman Sam Graves (R-Mo.)
  • Small Business ranking member Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.)
  • Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.)
  • Transportation and Infrastructure ranking member Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.)
  • Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Jeff Miller (R-Fla.)
  • Veterans’ Affairs ranking member Bob Filner (D-Calif.)
  • Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.)
  • Ways and Means ranking member Sander Levin (D-Mich.)

From the Cabinet and administration

  • Energy Secretary Steven Chu
  • Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
  • White House Chief of Staff William Daley
  • Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan
  • Education Secretary Arne Duncan
  • Defense Secretary Robert Gates
  • Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner
  • Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Austan Goolsbee
  • Attorney General Eric Holder
  • U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk
  • Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood
  • Office of Management and Budget Director Jacob Lew
  • Commerce Secretary Gary Locke
  • Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano
  • CIA Director Leon Panetta
  • Interior Secretary Ken Salazar
  • Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
  • Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki
  • Labor Secretary Hilda Solis
  • Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

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