While Democrats are approaching the summit as a "listening" exercise they are also warning the White House privately, not to "go too far" on offering tort reform, which, apparently, Obama is considering offering. How far he'll go with that olive branch is unclear.
The Logistics
The summit runs from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., EST. The first four hours will be broadcast on MSNBC, they will switch to Olympics at 2:00, EST. Live C‑SPAN coverage begins at 9:45am ET on C‑SPAN3, C‑SPAN.org and C‑SPAN Radio. It will be streamed live on whitehouse.gov. I'll be updating with posts and video supplied by Jed throughout the day.
Here's the MSNBC White House feed:
Below the fold is the list of attendees.
The President will be seated in the middle of one side of the hollow square, with the Vice President, Secretary Sebelius, and congressional Leadership seated alongside him. Members will be seated by caucus around the square.
- Senator Harry Reid, D-NV, Majority Leader
- Senator Mitch McConnell, R-KY, Republican Leader
- Senator Dick Durbin, D-IL, Majority Whip
- Senator Jon Kyl, R-AZ, Republican Whip
- Senator Max Baucus, D-MT, Chairman of the Finance Committee
- Senator Chuck Grassley, R-IA, Ranking Member of the Finance Committee
- Senator Tom Harkin, D-IA, Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
- Senator Mike Enzi, R-WY, Ranking Member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
- Senator Chris Dodd, D-CT, Member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
- Senator Chuck Schumer, D-NY
- Senator Patty Murray, D-WA
- Senator Kent Conrad, D-ND
- Senator Jay Rockefeller, D-WV
- Senator Ron Wyden, D-OR
- Senator Lamar Alexander, R-TN
- Senator John Barrasso, R-WY
- Senator Tom Coburn, R-OK
- Senator John McCain, R-AZ
- Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA
- Representative Steny Hoyer, D-MD, Majority Leader
- Representative John Boehner, R-OH, Republican Leader
- Representative James Clyburn, D-SC, Majority Whip
- Representative Eric Cantor, R-VA, Republican Whip
- Representative Charles Rangel, D-NY, Chairman of the Ways and Committee
- Representative Dave Camp, R-MI, Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Committee
- Representative Henry Waxman, D-CA, Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee
- Representative Joe Barton, R-TX, Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee
- Representative George Miller, D-CA, Chairman of the Education and Labor Committee
- Representative John Kline, R-MN, Ranking Member of the Education and Labor Committee
- Representative John Dingell, D-MI Chair Emeritus of the Energy and Commerce Committee
- Representative Xavier Becerra, D-CA
- Representative Louise Slaughter, D-NY
- Representative Robert Andrews, D-NJ
- Representative Jim Cooper, D-TN
- Representative Paul Ryan, R-WI
- Representative Marsha Blackburn, R-TN
- Representative Charles Boustany, R-LA
- Representative Peter Roskam, R-IL
** Note: Senator McConnell and Leader Boehner will designate one additional Republican member to attend.**