This week the House adopted its budget resolution, USAID workers were fired, more Trump administration officials were confirmed, and pardoned Jan. 6 insurrectionists returned to the Capitol. CQ Roll Call photojournalists were on hand to document the action.
Former U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power, left, greets former employees and supporters of recently fired workers outside of the closed USAID headquarters in Washington on Thursday. Fired USAID workers were notified that they could retrieve their personal belongings on Thursday and Friday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Jonathan McKernan, nominee to be director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, listens to the opening statement of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Linda McMahon, the nominee for secretary of Education, arrives at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Wednesday. The Senate voted Thursday to limit debate on her nomination, setting up a confirmation vote next week. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)D. John Sauer, nominee to be solicitor general, testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., ignores reporters’ questions about her position on the House budget resolution as she arrives for a vote in the Capitol on Tuesday. Spartz ultimately voted for the resolution after some intense lobbying by House GOP leadership and President Donald Trump. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Protesters chant “Do more” as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and House Democrats hold a press event to oppose Republicans’ budget resolution outside the Capitol on Tuesday. “House Democrats will not provide a single vote to this reckless Republican budget,” Jeffries said. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., displays the House Republican budget resolution during a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday. Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., left, and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., also appear. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)President Donald Trump greets French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House before a joint news conference on Monday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Richard “Bigo” Barnett, who was convicted for his actions at the Jan. 6, 2001, riot at the Capitol, shows off his Certificate of Pardon from Present Donald Trump outside the Capitol on Feb. 21 before a news conference with members of the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers and other Jan. 6 offenders who received pardons or commuted sentences. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
