Sen. Heidi Heitkamp arrives at Trump Tower in New York for a meeting with President Donald Trump on Dec. 2. | Getty Moderate Democratic senators to visit White House

A group of moderate Democratic senators will visit President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday, according to congressional aides.

Democratic Sens. Jon Tester of Montana, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Joe Manchin of West Virginia will meet with Trump, aides said. Some GOP senators and Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly of Indiana were also invited to the meeting, which was first reported by USA Today.


Those four Democrats and Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri, who are all up for reelection in 2018 in states that Trump won handily, will be key to the progress of Trump’s agenda and to getting his Supreme Court nominee confirmed. Trump will need eight Democrats to vote with Republicans to confirm his Supreme Court nominee and move most legislation in the Senate.

But centrist Democrats are also among the top targets for Republicans in the midterms, complicating Trump’s relationship with them. Manchin and Heitkamp were considered for Trump’s Cabinet and all but Donnelly are among the first Democrats to meet with Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch.

On Wednesday afternoon ahead of the meeting, Trump is scheduled to have a “legislative affairs strategy session.