Clinton plans meeting with minority lawmakers

Hillary Clinton will meet with lawmakers from Congress’ three minority caucuses next week.

The 2016 front-runner for the Democratic nomination will travel to Capitol Hill to hold a members-only meeting Tuesday with lawmakers in the Congressional Black Caucus, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus. The meetings are expected to focus on policy issues, according to sources familiar with the agenda.


“Members of the Congressional Black Caucus are invited to a policy meeting with Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The meeting will be an overview on pressing foreign and domestic policy issues impacting the African American Community,” according to an email sent by the Clinton campaign.

A Clinton official said the meetings will focus on the “foreign and domestic issues that impact the African American, Hispanic, and Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.”

The minority vote will be critical for Clinton in 2016, and Democrats will need strong minority support to prevail in key congressional races and during the general election. Meanwhile, the GOP is also actively courting minority voters.

The Tuesday meeting will be one of the first that Clinton has held with Democratic lawmakers since declaring her candidacy earlier this year. Earlier, top officials with the former secretary of state’s campaign traveled to D.C. shortly after she announced her presidential bid as a way to introduce Clinton’s campaign team to Democrats on the Hill.