# 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. | |
| 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. | President Biden awards the Presidential Citizens Medal |
| Saturday, January 7 | Republican Kevin McCarthy is elected as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives after 15 rounds of voting. | House Speaker Kevin McCarthy |
| 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. | President Biden with U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers |
| Week 104 |||
| Date | Events | Photos/Videos |
| 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. | President Biden with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
| 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 12 | The 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 13 | President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House. | President Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida |
| 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. | President Biden delivering a sermon at the Ebenezer Baptist Church |
| Week 105 |||
| Date | Events | Photos/Videos |
| Monday, January 16 | President Biden delivers remarks at an event hosted by the National Action Network on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. | President Biden delivering remarks at the National Action Network |
| 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. | President Biden and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte President Biden and Vice President Harris celebrate the Golden State Warriors 2022 NBA Victory |
| Wednesday, January 18 | | |
| Thursday, January 19 | President Biden visits California to see the storm-related damage. | President Biden delivers remarks in Aptos, California about the storm-related damage |
| 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. CNN reported the search was conducted with the consent of Biden's attorneys. | President Biden and Vice President Harris Reflect the First Two Years of the administration |
| Saturday, January 21 | | |
| Sunday, January 22 | | |
| Week 106 |||
| Date | Events | Photos/Videos |
| 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. | President Biden delivers remarks on Ukraine |
| Thursday, January 26 | President Biden delivers remarks on the economy in Springfield, Virginia. | President Biden delivering remarks at Steamfitters Local 602 |
| 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 | | |
| 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. | |

### 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. The FBI conducted a planned search of the Rehoboth, Delaware, beach home of President Biden, as part of a classified documents investigation. | President Biden and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy |
| 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. | President Biden, King Abdullah II and Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan President Biden and Vice President Harris with former president Bill Clinton |
| 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 | | |
| Week 108 |||
| Date | Events | Photos/Videos |
| 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. | President Biden delivers his second official State of the Union Address (transcript) |
| 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. | President Biden and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
| Saturday, February 11 | | |
| Sunday, February 12 | | |
| Week 109 |||
| Date | Events | Photos/Videos |
| Monday, February 13 | | |
| Tuesday, February 14 | | |
| Wednesday, February 15 | President Biden delivers remarks on the economy in Lanham, Maryland. | President Biden delivering remarks at IBEW Local 26 |
| Thursday, February 16 | | |
| Friday, February 17 | | |
| Saturday, February 18 | | |
| Sunday, February 19 | | |
| Week 110 |||
| Date | Events | Photos/Videos |
| Monday, February 20 | President 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. | President Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
| 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. | President Biden and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki |
| Wednesday, February 22 | President Biden meets with leaders of the Bucharest Nine nations. | President Biden and leaders of the Bucharest Nine nations |
| 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. President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the White House. | President Biden presents the Medal of Honor to Paris Davis President Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz |
| 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. | |
| Wednesday, March 8 | | |
| Thursday, March 9 | President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö at the White House. | President Biden and Finnish President Sauli Niinistö |
| Friday, March 10 | President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the White House. | President Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen |
| Saturday, March 11 | | |
| Sunday, March 12 | | |
| Week 113 |||
| Date | Events | Photos/Videos |
| Monday, March 13 | President Biden arrives in San Diego for an AUKUS meeting. | President Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak |
| 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. | President Biden and Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar |
| 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. | |
| Tuesday, March 21 | President 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. | President Joe Biden signs the establishment of the Avi Kwa Ame National Monument. |
| Wednesday, March 22 | | |
| Thursday, March 23 | President Biden arrives in Ottawa, Canada. | The Bidens at Rideau Cottage |
| Friday, March 24 | President 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. | President Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau |
| Saturday, March 25 | | |
| Sunday, March 26 | | |
| Week 115 |||
| Date | Events | Photos/Videos |
| Monday, March 27 | | |
| Tuesday, March 28 | | |
| Wednesday, March 29 | President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Argentine President Alberto Fernández at the White House. | President Biden and Argentine President Alberto Fernández |
| Thursday, March 30 | | |
| Friday, March 31 | | |