Topics for discussion are expected to include the economy and job growth. Obama to visit Hill Democrats

President Barack Obama will make a rare trip to Capitol Hill to meet with House and Senate Democrats on Wednesday, according to several sources.

Obama is heading to Chattanooga, Tenn., on Tuesday, where he will appear at an Amazon facility. That speech, the second in a series of economic addresses by Obama, will cover manufacturing and the creation of high-wage jobs, the White House announced.


On Wednesday, Obama will travel down Pennsylvania Ave. to meet with Democrats on both sides of the Capitol, according to Hill sources. Topics for discussion are expected to include the economy and job growth, especially the president’s proposals to address both issues.

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With the U.S. economy growing slowly and unemployment stubbornly high — as well as a number of high-profile scandals related to the IRS, NSA and Benghazi - Obama has seen his polls numbers slide. An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released earlier this week had Obama at 45 percent job approval rating, and less than half of Americans approve the way he’s handling the economy.

But Congress — as usual — polls far worse than the president, with 83 percent disapproving of the way it operates, giving Obama the upper hand in any political showdown with Congress.

In recent weeks, senior Obama administration officials including White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, have also made extensive efforts to assuage Hill Democrats over the implementation of Obamacare, which goes into effect this October.