President Obama next Tuesday will meet with Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the White House announced Friday.

It’s Obama’s first formal sit-down with Ryan since he was elected Speaker in October.

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said the meeting was called to discuss “legislative priorities” for the coming year and ways to build off last year’s budget agreement.

Asked why it took nearly three months to schedule the meeting, Earnest cited the president’s State of the Union address and last weekend’s snowstorm that shut down the nation’s capital for days.

Read the article “Three Months In, Obama Schedules First Meeting with Ryan as Speaker” on thehill.com.