Trump to meet with lawmakers: President-elect Donald Trump is expected to meet with Senate GOP leadership in Washington today, according to a person familiar with the plans. The meeting will be about reconciliation to discuss the competing strategies on the one-bill or two-bills approach to pass his agenda, a source tells CNN. Trump said during a Tuesday news conference that he is open to two bills if it speeds up the process.
• Looming confirmation hearings: Trump’s meeting comes as his Cabinet picks continue to lobby senators for support ahead of the first round of confirmation hearings next week. The Senate on Tuesday adopted an organizing resolution for its committees, which allows them to begin scheduling confirmation hearings for Trump’s nominees.
• Trump’s efforts to pause sentencing: Trump on Wednesday urged the US Supreme Court to pause his sentencing in the hush money case set for Friday, a highly unusual request that relies in part on the court’s decision last year to grant him broad immunity from criminal prosecution. A state appeals court in New York rejected his request to postpone his sentencing yesterday.