It was another dramatic week in Congress, featuring cowboy hats, shamrocks, bubbles, shutdown drama and Democrats in retreat — their annual policy and strategy retreat, that is. CQ Roll Call photojournalists were there to capture the action.
Workers break up pavement to remove Black Lives Matter Plaza on 16th Street Northwest in Washington on Monday. Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., introduced legislation that threatened to withhold federal funding to the District of Columbia unless the words on the plaza were removed. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Vice President JD Vance arrives for a House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday. House Republicans were were trying to pass a continuing resolution to fund the government through September and avert a shutdown. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., arrives for the House Republican caucus meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., makes his way to a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., conducts a news conference during House Democrats’ policy retreat in Leesburg, Va., on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)From left, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., looks on as President Donald Trump shakes hands with Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin as they depart the Capitol after the annual Friends of Ireland luncheon on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)House Minority Whip Katherine M. Clark, D-Mass., conducts a news conference with freshman women during House Democrats’ policy retreat in Leesburg, Va., on Thursday. Rep. Sarah Elfreth, D-Md., appears at right. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., speaks to reporters in the Capitol on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., speaks to reporters in the Capitol on Thursday. Mullin wore his cowboy hat while presiding over the Senate on Thursday morning. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., arrive for Senate Democrats’ lunch meeting in the Capitol on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
