Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the top incoming House Republicans — Kevin McCarthy of California and Steve Scalise of Louisiana — planned to attend, aides said. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, who is expected to become speaker on Thursday, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer planned to attend. Pelosi said Tuesday that Democrats would take action to “end the Trump shutdown” by passing legislation Thursday to reopen government. “Border Security and the Wall ‘thing’ and Shutdown is not where Nancy Pelosi wanted to start her tenure as Speaker! McConnell spokesman Donald Stewart said Senate Republicans would not take action without Trump’s backing.

Source: Huffington Post January 02, 2019 11:26 UTC