Gibbs: Obama Expects Senate Regulatory Reform Bill By May

Donald Trump was just elected president last week but he’s still hawking his coffee table book for $99 a copy.

“President-elect Donald Trump plans to make his first visit to Capitol Hill on Wednesday since winning the White House for a meeting with congressional GOP leaders who will be tasked with advancing the incoming administration’s agenda in 2025,” USA Today reports. Bloomberg: “The meeting comes with Republicans on the brink of clinching control of the US House, needing to win just four of the chamber’s 16 remaining uncalled races a week after Election Day.

Time: “Biden phoned Trump right after Election Day and invited him for a meeting that was never offered to Biden. The outgoing President, who is the only politician to defeat Trump in a campaign, has hardly hidden his contempt of his predecessor and soon-to-be successor, but friends say he’s also an institutionalist who is determined not to have Sore Loser on his epitaph.” “What’s unknown to this point: Will Kamala Harris join for any of that awkward session?” “The last time a sitting Vice President lost out on a promotion was the 2000 election, and then-VP Al Gore joined the Clinton-Bush 43 conversation.

Politico: “Drawing on the playbook they successfully used under Roe v. Wade to regulate clinics out of existence and outlaw particular methods of abortion, conservative groups plan next year to file lawsuits targeting federal regulation of abortion pills and push legislation in Congress and in at least 15 states they believe can circumvent constitutional amendments and court rulings protecting the procedure.” “Most of the bills target mifepristone — the drug used in more than two-thirds of abortions nationwide.

“Veteran investor John Paulson is dropping out of the running to become President-elect Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary,” the Wall Street Journal reports. Said Paulson: “Although various media outlets have mentioned me as a candidate for Secretary of the Treasury, my complex financial obligations would prevent me from holding an official position in President Trump’s administration at this time.

“Darren Woods, the chief executive of Exxon Mobil, cautioned President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday against withdrawing from the Paris agreement to curb climate-warming emissions, saying Mr. Trump risked leaving a void at the negotiating table,” the New York Times reports.