WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Friday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as U.S. economic data and Federal Reserve events:
DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR
FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 2024
In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press.
In the afternoon, the President will depart the White House en route to the Allentown area, Pennsylvania. The departure from the South Lawn will be open press. The departure from Joint Base Andrews will be covered by the out-of-town pool. The arrival at Lehigh Valley International Airport, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania will be open press.
Then, the President will visit several small businesses in the Allentown area, Pennsylvania to showcase how communities across America are coming back thanks to Bidenomics and his Investing in America agenda, which have ushered in a small business boom, created good-paying jobs with rising wages, strengthened local economies, and lowered costs for hardworking families. These stops will be covered by the out-of-town pool.
Later, the President will depart the Allentown area, Pennsylvania en route to the White House. The departure from Lehigh Valley International Airport, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania will be covered by the out-of-town pool. The departure from Joint Base Andrews will be covered by the out-of-town pool. The arrival on the South Lawn will be open press.
In-Town Pool
Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg
Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP, NYT
TV Corr & Crew: NBC
Print: States Newsroom
Radio: iHeartMedia
Out-of-Town Pool
Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg
Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP, NYT
TV Corr & Crew: NBC
Print: Politico
Radio: CBS
EST
9:00 AM THE PRESIDENT receives the Presidential Daily Briefing
Closed Press
10:00 AM In-Town Pool Call Time
11:15 AM Out-of-Town Pool Call Time
Joint Base Andrews Overhang
12:10 PM THE PRESIDENT departs the White House en route to Joint Base Andrews
South Lawn
Open Press (Gather 11:55 AM – Palm Room Doors)
12:30 PM THE PRESIDENT departs Joint Base Andrews en route to the Allentown area, Pennsylvania
Joint Base Andrews
Out-of-Town Pool
1:15 PM THE PRESIDENT arrives in the Allentown area, Pennsylvania
Lehigh Valley International Airport, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Open Press
1:50 PM THE PRESIDENT visits several small businesses in the Allentown area, Pennsylvania
Allentown area, Pennsylvania
Out-of-Town Pool
4:25 PM THE PRESIDENT departs the Allentown area, Pennsylvania en route to the White House
Lehigh Valley International Airport, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Out-of-Town Pool
5:25 PM THE PRESIDENT departs Joint Base Andrews en route to the White House
Joint Base Andrews
Out-of-Town Pool
5:35 PM THE PRESIDENT arrives at the White House
South Lawn
Open Press (Gather 5:25 PM – Palm Room Doors)
Briefing Schedule
Principal Deputy Press Secretary Olivia Dalton and NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby will gaggle aboard Air Force One en route to the Allentown area, Pennsylvania. (The transcript of Thursday’s briefing is at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2024/01/11/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-nsc-coordinator-for-strategic-communications-john-kirby-and-national-economic-council-director-lael-brainard/)
TREASURY DEPT –
Thursday – Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen, back from Boston, has no public engagements.
STATE DEPT
Thursday – Secretary Blinken, back from his Mideast tour, meets with China’s international liaison minister Liu Jianchao and then Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko. Press briefings, when held on weekdays, occur around 1:15p ET livestreamed at state.gov. The transcript of Thursday’s 12:36p ET briefing is at: https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-january-11-2024/
USTR –
Friday, January 12, 2024
Ambassador Tai will be in New Delhi, India to co-chair the 14th Ministerial-level meeting of the United States-India Trade Policy Forum. The Forum is closed press.
Ambassador Tai will meet with India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal. This meeting is closed press. Then she will meet with Minister of External Affairs, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. This meeting is closed press.
US HOUSE –
Friday – Back at 9a ET. Seven days until a partial government shutdown unless Speaker Johnson can preserve his spending deal with Senate’s Schumer.Many of Speaker Johnson’s most conservative Republican colleagues hate his agreement and have sporadically blocked floor action in protest.
US SENATE
Friday – Out. Pro forma session at 8:45a ET. Back next week.
UPCOMING US, JAPAN, CANADA ECONOMIC REPORTS AND FEDERAL RESERVE EVENTS
Friday, Jan. 12 – 8:30a ET US PPI
Friday, Jan. 12 – 10a ET Fed’s Kashkari speaks
Friday, Jan. 12 –13:00 ET US Baker Hughes Rig count
Friday, Jan. 19 – 16:15 ET Fed’s Daly at San Diego County roundtable
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