Timeline of the Joe Biden presidency (2023 Q1)

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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

Week 102

Date Events Photos/Videos
Sunday, January 1

Week 103

Date Events Photos/Videos
Monday, January 2
  • The final session of the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives took place.[1]
Tuesday, January 3
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.[5]
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.[6]
  • 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.[7]
Friday, January 6
Saturday, January 7
Sunday, January 8

Week 104

Date Events Photos/Videos
Monday, January 9
  • President Biden declares an emergency in California after a bomb cyclone.[13]
  • 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.[14][15]
Tuesday, January 10
Wednesday, January 11
  • The Biden administration extended the COVID-19 public health emergency to April following the spread of the XBB.1.5 variant.[17]
Thursday, January 12
Friday, January 13
  • President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House.[20]
Saturday, January 14
    Sunday, January 15

    Week 105

    Date Events Photos/Videos
    Monday, January 16
    Tuesday, January 17
    Wednesday, January 18
      Thursday, January 19
      • President Biden visits California to see the storm-related damage.[25]
      Friday, January 20
      • President 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.[26] CNN reported the search was conducted with the consent of Biden's attorneys.[27]
      Saturday, January 21
        Sunday, January 22

          Week 106

          Date Events Photos/Videos
          Monday, January 23
          Tuesday, January 24
          Wednesday, January 25
          Thursday, January 26
          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.[34]
          Saturday, January 28
            Sunday, January 29

              Week 107

              Date Events Photos/Videos
              Monday, January 30
                Tuesday, January 31
                • President Biden announced the end to the COVID-19 emergency declarations as of May 11, 2023.[35]

                February 2023

                Week 107

                Date Events Photos/Videos
                Wednesday, February 1
                • President Biden meets with Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy at the White House.[36]
                • The FBI conducted a planned search of the Rehoboth, Delaware, beach home of President Biden, as part of a classified documents investigation.[37]
                Thursday, February 2
                Friday, February 3
                  Saturday, February 4
                  Sunday, February 5

                    Week 108

                    Date Events Photos/Videos
                    Monday, February 6
                      Tuesday, February 7
                      Wednesday, February 8
                        Thursday, February 9
                          Friday, February 10
                          Saturday, February 11
                            Sunday, February 12

                              Week 109

                              Date Events Photos/Videos
                              Monday, February 13
                                Tuesday, February 14
                                  Wednesday, February 15
                                  Thursday, February 16
                                    Friday, February 17
                                      Saturday, February 18
                                        Sunday, February 19

                                          Week 110

                                          Date Events Photos/Videos
                                          Monday, February 20
                                          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.[48]
                                          • 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.[49]
                                          Wednesday, February 22
                                          Thursday, February 23
                                            Friday, February 24
                                              Saturday, February 25
                                                Sunday, February 26

                                                  Week 111

                                                  Date Events Photos/Videos
                                                  Monday, February 27
                                                    Tuesday, February 28

                                                      March 2023

                                                      Week 111

                                                      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.[51]
                                                          • President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the White House.[52]
                                                          Saturday, March 4
                                                            Sunday, March 5

                                                              Week 112

                                                              Date Events Photos/Videos
                                                              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.[53]
                                                                Wednesday, March 8
                                                                  Thursday, March 9
                                                                  • President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö at the White House.[54]
                                                                  Friday, March 10
                                                                  • President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the White House.[55]
                                                                  Saturday, March 11
                                                                    Sunday, March 12

                                                                      Week 113

                                                                      Date Events Photos/Videos
                                                                      Monday, March 13
                                                                      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.[57]
                                                                            Saturday, March 18
                                                                              Sunday, March 19

                                                                                Week 114

                                                                                Date Events Photos/Videos
                                                                                Monday, March 20
                                                                                • President 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.[58]
                                                                                Tuesday, March 21
                                                                                Wednesday, March 22
                                                                                  Thursday, March 23
                                                                                  Friday, March 24
                                                                                  Saturday, March 25
                                                                                    Sunday, March 26

                                                                                      Week 115

                                                                                      Date Events Photos/Videos
                                                                                      Monday, March 27
                                                                                        Tuesday, March 28
                                                                                          Wednesday, March 29
                                                                                          Thursday, March 30
                                                                                            Friday, March 31

                                                                                              See also

                                                                                              Notes

                                                                                              1. ^ Kyrsten Sinema, whose seat was not up for election in 2022, left the Democratic Party and became an independent politician in December 2022, after the election but before the swearing in of the next Congress. As a result, 48 Democrats (rather than 49), plus Angus King and Bernie Sanders, independents who caucus with Democrats, were in the Senate upon commencement of the 118th United States Congress, on January 3, 2023. Sinema opted to caucus with neither party but continued to align with the Democrats, bringing the Democratic Senate majority to 51 seats.[3][4]
                                                                                              2. ^ For more details, see 2023 visit by Joe Biden to Ukraine.

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