“THE MORNING MEETING” DAYBOOK
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2025
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DAYBOOK, all Eastern Time unless otherwise noted
DONALD TRUMP
Signs the Laken Riley Act.
Signs an executive order on school choice.
JD VANCE
9pm: Interview with Sean Hannity airs on Fox News Channel.
MARCO RUBIO
Meets in Washington with his Canadian counterpart, Melanie Joly.
STEVE WITKOFF
Meets with Bibi.
CONGRESS
8:15am: House Republican leadership holds news conference at Doral.
9am: Senate Judiciary Committee votes on Pam Bondi.
10am: Senate Finance Committee holds RFKJ hearing.
10am: Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee holds Lutnick hearing.
11am: House Republican sub-leadership holds news conference at Doral.
1pm: House Democratic caucus holds a virtual emergency meeting, to discuss a “three-pronged strategy” that includes an appropriations strategy, a litigation strategy and a communications strategy.
2:30pm: Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee holds Kelly Loeffler hearing.
3:30pm: Senate votes on Lee Zeldin and Doug Burgum.
COURTS
Bob Menendez gets sentenced.
C-SPAN
From the great Robin Newton:
“The Morning Meeting” topics:
* What progress did House Republicans make at Doral?
* How are congressional Republicans feeling about the Trump revolution and its individual elements?
* How will we know if the Democratic counteroffensive is working?
* When and how will we know if Bobby Kennedy is being confirmed?
* What did we learn about how Karoline Leavitt will do the job?
ESSENTIAL VIEWING
* The One Where Martha Raddatz, Donald Trump, some kids, and I fly on the Trump helicopter over the Iowa State Fair in August, 2015, during which time Mr. Trump confirms that he is, indeed, Batman: