The House was away this week, but the Senate continued to plow through confirmation hearings and votes to fill top administration positions, including many of President Donald Trump’s most controversial nominees. CQ Roll Call photojournalists were there to capture the action.
Kash Patel, Trump’s nominee for FBI director, testifies during his confirmation hearing Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s nominee to be director of national intelligence, is introduced by former Sen. Richard M. Burr, R-N.C., and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, during her confirmation hearing Thursday before the Senate Intelligence Committee. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Vice President JD Vance introduces Howard Lutnick, the nominee for secretary of Commerce, at his confirmation hearing Wednesday before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services, arrives for his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Chairman Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, and ranking member Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., talk on Wednesday before the start of the Senate Judiciary Committee vote on the nomination of Pam Bondi to be attorney general. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., talks about funding freezes made by the Trump administration at a news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., conducts a news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Workers remove stairs leading to the Inauguration seating area on the West Front of the Capitol on Monday. The seating area was set up for last week’s presidential inauguration, which was ultimately moved indoors due to cold weather. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
