Confirmations of key officials in the Trump administration continued this week as Democrats pushed back on the so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s efforts to make controversial cuts. CQ Roll Call photojournalists were there to capture the action.
Flowers are placed outside the U.S. Agency for International Development headquarters as employees and supporters protest in Washington on Monday, after Elon Musk posted on social media that he and President Donald Trump would shut down the agency. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Congressional Democrats, including from left, Rep. John “Johnny O” Olszewski Jr., D-Md., Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., enter USAID headquarters on Monday amid protests against the Trump administration’s plan to shut the agency down. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., on Tuesday waits to vote in the Senate Finance Committee on the nomination of Robert Kennedy Jr. to be secretary of Health and Human Services. Although he had expressed concerns about the nomination, Cassidy ultimately voted in favor. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks at a news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Calif., leaves the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., conducts a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., right, and Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., attend a rally in Upper Senate Park on Wednesday in response to the disruption of USAID to demand that Congress and Trump act to restore foreign aid. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, chair of the of Congressional Progressive Caucus, speaks at a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Thursday to oppose Elon Musk and his DOGE team gaining access to the Treasury Department’s federal payment system. Also appearing are, from left, Reps. Nydia M. Velázquez, D-N.Y., Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Glenn F. Ivey, D-Md. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., speaks at a news conference with Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats in the Hart Senate Office Building on Thursday to oppose the nomination of Kash Patel to be FBI director. Behind him, fom left, are Democratic Sens. Alex Padilla of California, Peter Welch of Vermont, Mazie K. Hirono of Hawaii and Richard J. Durbin of Illinois. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., Rep. Paul Tonko, D-N.Y., and Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz., exit the EPA headquarters in Washington after being refused entry to meet with a DOGE representative on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
