Obama to dine with top lawmakers tonight The White House posted a video on its Facebook page Wednesday in which President Obama invited Americans to watch his immigration reform announcement on Thursday evening at 8 p.m. The White House President Obama has invited senior lawmakers to the White House for dinner Wednesday night so that he can explain his plans to use executive authority to change the nation's immigration laws, according to several congressional aides. Obama has invited Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the leaders of the congressional Asian, Black and Hispanic caucuses, said the aides, who were not authorized to speak publicly about the plans. Obama did not invite GOP leaders to the meeting, according to aides.