“THE MORNING MEETING” DAYBOOK
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2025
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DAYBOOK, all Eastern Time unless otherwise noted
DONALD TRUMP
JD VANCE
No known public events at this writing.
ECONOMY
8:30am: Q1 GDP figures released.
10am: the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index data for March released.
CONGRESS
8am: Speaker Johnson gives remarks at Axios event.
10am: Senate Finance holds confirmation hearing for Rodney Scott to be Customs & Border Protection commissioner.
10:30am: Leader Jeffries speaks on first 100 days.
Noon: Heartland Caucus, including Chair Debbie Dingell, speaks on tariffs.
Noon: Congressional Hispanic Caucus members hold a press conference on deportations of U.S. citizen children.
2:30pm: Leader Chuck Schumer and Jeffries hold a press conference on the Senate steps.
Speaker Johnson meets with SALT caucus.
Tom Emmer and Ritchie Torres, founders of the Congressional Crypto Caucus, deliver a fireside chat.
Senate votes on measure against Trump tariffs, with all eyes on Murkowski, Collins, Paul, and McConnell.
HARRIS
10:45pm: Speaks at Emerge event in San Francisco. Read the Washington Post curtain raiser for free here.
LEGAL
5pm: Judge in Abrego Garcia deadline for more information.
C-SPAN
From the great Robin Newton:
“The Morning Meeting” topics:
* Lessons from the ABC News interview.
* The status of White House-Hill relations.
* The status of the Resistance, including the Harris speech.
* Russia, Russia, Russia.
* The Punchbowl-Amazon mystery.
* The People’s Poll.
* Ted Cruz, ’28 pundit.
* The Whitmer hug and the Raimondo admission.