Timeline of the Joe Biden presidency (2023 Q4)

Week 141[edit]

Week 142[edit]

• Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy is removed through a motion to vacate.^{[citation needed]}
• Vice President Harris swears in Laphonza Butler to the United States Senate, succeeding the late Dianne Feinstein.

• President Biden meets with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the White House on German-American Day.^[1]

• President Biden condemns the Hamas attacks in Israel, saying that he is ready to offer "all appropriate means of support to the Government and people of Israel".^{[citation needed]}

Week 143[edit]

• President Biden solidifies United States support for Israel and its right to defend itself.^{[citation needed]}

• President Biden meets with Jewish community leaders in the White House in the aftermath of Hamas’ attack on Israel.^[2]

• President Biden meets virtually with relatives of American citizens held hostage in Gaza.^[3]

• President Biden delivers remarks at the Human Rights Campaign national dinner.^[4]

Week 144[edit]

• No candidates in the October 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election reach the threshold of 217 needed to be elected speaker after first round of voting. Democrat Hakeem Jeffries leads the ballot with 212 votes. ^{[citation needed]}

• No candidates in the October 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election reach the threshold of 217 needed to be elected speaker after second round of voting. Democrat Hakeem Jeffries leads the ballot with 212 votes. ^{[citation needed]}
• President Biden travels to Tel Aviv to express support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war, meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and first responders and victims impacted by the Hamas attacks.^[5]
• President Biden announces a deal to allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, after a call with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.^[5]

• President Biden addresses the nation on prime-time television concerning the ongoing Hamas–Israel and Russia–Ukraine wars.^{[citation needed]}

• No candidates in the October 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election reach the threshold of 215 needed to be elected speaker after third round of voting. Democrat Hakeem Jeffries leads the ballot with 210 votes.^{[citation needed]}

Week 145[edit]

• Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, begins a four-day state visit to the US, the fourth during the Biden presidency.^[6]

• President Biden awards the National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation to 19 individuals.^[7]

• President Biden holds a bilateral meeting and joint press conference with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the White House.^[8]
• President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden host their fourth state dinner in honor of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.^[8]
• Republican Mike Johnson is elected as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives after 4 rounds of voting, which previous 3 rounds were all failed to elect Republican Jim Jordan as Speaker.^[9][10]

• Vice President Harris and Secretary Blinken host a state luncheon for Prime Minister Albanese at the Department of State.^{[citation needed]}

Week 146[edit]

• President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden participate in the 2023 White House Halloween event.^[11]

Week 146[edit]

• Vice President Harris attends the 2023 AI Safety Summit in the United Kingdom.^[12]

• President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader at the White House.^{[citation needed]}
• President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Chilean President Gabriel Boric at the White House.^{[citation needed]}

• President Biden hosts the inaugural Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity Leaders' Summit at the White House.^[13]
• President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden visit Lewiston, Maine to honor the victims of the mass shooting.^[14]

Week 147[edit]

• President Biden announces $16.4 billion funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for passenger rail improvement projects on the Northeast Corridor in Bear, Delaware.^[15]

• Vice President Harris holds an early Diwali celebration at Number One Observatory Circle.^[16]

• President Biden performs a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arlington National Cemetery and delivers the Veterans Day address at the Memorial Amphitheater.^{[citation needed]}

Week 148[edit]

• President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the White House.^{[citation needed]}

• President Biden meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in San Francisco on the sidelines of APEC United States 2023.^[17]

• President Biden hosts leaders for the APEC summit meeting in San Francisco.^[18]
• President Biden and fellow Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) leaders announce that agreement has been reached on three of the four IPEF pillars.^[19]
• President Biden holds a trilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.^[18]

• President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in San Francisco.^[20]

• President Biden publishes an op-ed with The Washington Post, writing about the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and Israel–Hamas war.^[21]

• President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden travel to Norfolk to celebrate a "Friendsgiving" with military personnel and families.^{[citation needed]}

Week 149[edit]

• President Biden celebrates his 81st birthday and participates in the National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation.^[22][23]
• First Lady Jill Biden welcomes the arrival of the 2023 White House Christmas Tree.^[24]

• President Biden celebrates his third Thanksgiving with his family's traditional trip in Nantucket, Massachusetts.^[25]

Week 150[edit]

• First Lady Dr. Jill Biden unveils the White House holiday decor for the third time.^[26][27]

• President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden attend the memorial service for former First Lady Rosalynn Carter.^[28]

• President Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Angolan President João Lourenço at the White House.^[29]
• President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden attend the National Christmas Tree Lighting outside of the White House.^[30]

Week 150[edit]

Week 151[edit]

• President Biden holds a virtual meeting with G7 leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.^[31]
• President Biden attends the White House Tribal Nations Summit and signs an executive order to improve access to federal funding for tribal communities.^[32]

Week 152[edit]

• President Biden holds a bilateral meeting and joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House.^[33]

• The House of Representatives votes to formally endorse the impeachment inquiry 221–212, mostly along partisan lines.^[34]

Week 153[edit]

• President Biden attends the funeral of former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor at the Washington National Cathedral.^[35]

Week 154[edit]

• President Biden celebrates the third Christmas Day of his administration.^[36]

• President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden travel to the US Virgin Islands, vacationing there until after the new year.^{[citation needed]}

• President Biden celebrates the third New Year's Day countdown of his administration in the Virgin Islands.^{[citation needed]}