As Congress inched toward funding the government by the end of next week, there were gold medals, beer, music and a cactus highlighting the week in Congress. CQ Roll Call photojournalists were there to capture the action.
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, holds her “Kamala’s Twister” game board as she speaks at a press conference in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Wiley Brown, the son of go-go legend Chuck Brown, performs “Bustin’ Loose” with Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif., during the Congressional Record concert in the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday night. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
From left, Architect of the Capitol Thomas Austin, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., participate in the “first nail ceremony,” marking the start of construction of the presidential inauguration platform on the West Front of the Capitol on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)From left, former Rep. Earl Pomeroy, D-N.D., points as Ben Rich, chief of staff for the late Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-N.J., hands over the Pease Cactus to Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., in the Cannon House Office Building on Wednesday. House Ways and Means Committee members whose names start with the letter P have passed along guardianship of the Pease Cactus for over 30 years. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)From left, Joylette Hylick and Katherine Moore, daughters of Katherine Johnson, accept the Congressional Gold Medal from Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., at a ceremony honoring NASA’s “Hidden Figures” in the Capitol on Wednesday. Also pictured are House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Rep. Frank D. Lucas, R-Okla. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, left, and his teammate, Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Ill., center, attend the seventh annual Anheuser-Busch Brew Across America Congressional Brewing Competition at Nationals Park on Wednesday. Their concoction, dubbed “This BudZ for You,” took home the People’s Choice Award. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)From left, Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, prepare for a news conference Thursday in the Capitol on the negative effects of Project 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Rep. Ayanna S. Pressley, D-Mass., right, is comforted by Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., center, and Robin Kelly, D-Ill., during a news conference Thursday in the Capitol Visitor Center on “the disparate impact of school disciplinary policies and practices on Black and brown girls in K-12 public schools.” (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
