Timeline of the Joe Biden presidency (2023 Q1)

The following is a timeline of the presidency of Joe Biden during the first quarter of 2023, from January 1 to March 31, 2023. For a complete itinerary of his travels, see List of presidential trips made by Joe Biden (2023). To navigate between quarters, see timeline of the Joe Biden presidency. For the Q2 timeline see timeline of the Joe Biden presidency (2023 Q2).

Timeline

January 2023

Date Events Photos/videos Sunday, January 1 Monday, January 2 The final session of the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives took place. Tuesday, January 3 The 118th United States Congress convenes with the Republican Party controlling the House of Representatives while the Democratic caucus retains their majority in the Senate. No candidates in the January 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election reach the threshold of 218 needed to be elected speaker after 3 rounds of voting. Democrat Hakeem Jeffries leads the ballot with 212 votes. Wednesday, January 4 No candidates in the January 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election reach the threshold of 218 needed to be elected speaker after 6 rounds of voting. Democrat Hakeem Jeffries maintains his lead of 212 votes. Thursday, January 5 President Biden says Russian president Vladimir Putin is "trying to find oxygen" after announcing a 36-hour ceasefire from the invasion of Ukraine for the Russian Orthodox Christmas. No candidates in the January 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election reach the threshold of 218 needed to be elected speaker after 11 rounds of voting. Democrat Hakeem Jeffries maintains his lead of 212 votes. Friday, January 6 President Biden awards 14 individuals the Presidential Citizens Medal on the second anniversary of the January 6 United States Capitol attack for their service in either protecting the United States Capitol or preventing attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. No candidates in the January 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election reach the threshold of 218 needed to be elected speaker after 14 rounds of voting. Republican Kevin McCarthy takes a small lead with 216 votes to Hakeem Jeffries' consistent 212 votes. Saturday, January 7 Republican Kevin McCarthy is elected as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives after 15 rounds of voting. Sunday, January 8 President Biden condemns the invasion of the Brazilian Congress by former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro's supporters after his election defeat to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. President Biden travels to El Paso, Texas, to visit the U.S.–Mexico border. Monday, January 9 President Biden declares an emergency in California after a bomb cyclone. The White House Counsels Office comments, after a news report, that President Biden is cooperating with an inquiry in to classified documents found in an office of the Penn Biden Center in November 2022. The documents were from his time as vice president in the Obama Administration. Tuesday, January 10 President Biden attends the North American leaders's summit with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Mexico. Wednesday, January 11 The Biden administration extended the COVID-19 public health emergency to April following the spread of the XBB.1.5 variant. Thursday, January 12The White House Counsels Office announce that lawyers for President Biden found additional classified documents in the garage of his home in Wilmington, Delaware. Attorney General, Merrick Garland, announced his appointment of Robert K. Hur as a special counsel for the investigation into the documents. Friday, January 13President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida at the White House. Saturday, January 14 Sunday, January 15 President Biden delivers a sermon at the Ebenezer Baptist Church on 94th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. Monday, January 16 President Biden delivers remarks at an event hosted by the National Action Network on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Tuesday, January 17 President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte at the White House. President Biden and Vice President Harris celebrate the Golden State Warriors NBA championship. Wednesday, January 18 Thursday, January 19 President Biden visits California to see the storm-related damage. Friday, January 20President Biden completes his second year in office. The FBI conducted a search of the entire premises of Biden's Wilmington home. They identified and removed six documents containing classified markings from Biden's home office. CNN reported the search was conducted with the consent of Biden's attorneys. Saturday, January 21 Sunday, January 22 Monday, January 23 President Biden orders American flags to half-staff due to the Monterey Park shooting. Tuesday, January 24 Wednesday, January 25 President Biden announces that thirty-one Abrams tanks will be sent to Ukraine by the U.S. Army. Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee demand to see Biden's and Trump's classified documents, saying that the current administration is blocking them from seeing the materials. The Smithsonian Museum displays First Lady Jill Biden's outfits from her husband's inauguration. Thursday, January 26President Biden delivers remarks on the economy in Springfield, Virginia. Friday, January 27 President Biden telephones the parents of Tyre Nichols a black man who was fatally beaten during a traffic stop by five police officers who are now facing murder charges. Saturday, January 28 Sunday, January 29 Monday, January 30 Tuesday, January 31 President Biden announced the end to the COVID-19 emergency declarations as of May 11, 2023.

February 2023

Date Events Photos/videos Wednesday, February 1 President Biden meets with Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy at the White House. The FBI conducted a planned search of the Rehoboth, Delaware, beach home of President Biden, as part of a classified documents investigation. Thursday, February 2 President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with King Abdullah II and Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan for a private lunch at the White House. Former president Bill Clinton visits the White House to mark the 30th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act. Friday, February 3 Saturday, February 4 President Biden orders U.S. military aircraft to shoot down an alleged surveillance balloon from China over the Atlantic Ocean near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Sunday, February 5 Monday, February 6 Tuesday, February 7 President Biden delivers his second official State of the Union Address to a joint session of the 118th United States Congress. Wednesday, February 8 Thursday, February 9 Friday, February 10 President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the White House. Saturday, February 11 Sunday, February 12 Monday, February 13 Tuesday, February 14 Wednesday, February 15President Biden delivers remarks on the economy in Lanham, Maryland. Thursday, February 16 Friday, February 17 Saturday, February 18 Sunday, February 19 Monday, February 20President Biden makes a surprise visit to Kyiv, Ukraine and holds a bilateral meeting and joint press conference with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Mariinskyi Palace. President Biden departs Ukraine on Air Force One landing in Warsaw, Poland in the evening. Tuesday, February 21 President Biden meets with Polish president Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. President Biden delivers an address in the courtyard of Warsaw's Royal Castle regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine hours after Russian president Vladimir Putin's State of the Nation speech. The Biden administration unveils a new rule that could tighten restrictions for tens of thousands of asylum seekers arriving at the country's southern border with Mexico. Wednesday, February 22 President Biden meets with leaders of the Bucharest Nine nations. Thursday, February 23 Friday, February 24 Saturday, February 25 Sunday, February 26 Monday, February 27 Tuesday, February 28

March 2023

Date Events Photos/videos Wednesday, March 1 Thursday, March 2 Friday, March 3 President Biden awards the Medal of Honor at the White House to Paris Davis, a former army medic who served during the Vietnam War. President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with German chancellor Olaf Scholz at the White House. Saturday, March 4 Sunday, March 5 Monday, March 6 Tuesday, March 7 President Biden announces new Medicare plan through 2050 which increases taxes to the wealthy and allowing more negotiations for prescription drug prices. Wednesday, March 8 Thursday, March 9 President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Finnish president Sauli Niinistö at the White House. Friday, March 10 President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the White House. Saturday, March 11 Sunday, March 12 Monday, March 13 President Biden arrives in San Diego for an AUKUS meeting. Tuesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 15 Thursday, March 16 Friday, March 17 President Biden celebrates Saint Patrick's Day, the national holiday of Ireland. As is tradition on this day in the White House, President Biden received a bowl of shamrock from the Taoiseach of Ireland Leo Varadkar and held a bilateral meeting with him. This was the first time since 2020 (and the Biden Presidency overall) that the shamrock bowl was received in person as the 2021 and 2022 ceremonies were virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Saturday, March 18 Sunday, March 19 Monday, March 20President Biden issued his first veto, overturning a law that would have banned the federal government from considering the environmental impact of investments in retirement funds. Tuesday, March 21President Biden establishes Avi Kwa Ame National Monument (located in Clark County, Nevada) and Castner Range National Monument (located in El Paso County, Texas) under the authority of the Antiquities Act. Wednesday, March 22 Thursday, March 23President Biden arrives in Ottawa, Canada. Friday, March 24President Biden holds a bilateral meeting and joint press conference with Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau. President Biden addresses a joint session of the Canadian Parliament. Saturday, March 25 Sunday, March 26 Monday, March 27 Tuesday, March 28 Wednesday, March 29President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Argentine President Alberto Fernández at the White House. Thursday, March 30 Friday, March 31

Timeline of the Joe Biden presidency (2023 Q1)

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