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2023 was a year full of historic moments and Roll Call’s photojournalists were there to capture all of the action.

Photos of the Year: Putting 2023 into focus

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted December 14, 2023 at 5:00am
Rabbi Levi Shemtov, center, joins congressional leaders on Tuesday to light a menorah.

‘Overwhelm it with light’: Speaker Johnson addresses antisemitism at menorah lighting

By Jim Saksa
Posted December 12, 2023 at 9:14pm
The Smithsonian and U.S. flags fly in front of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in 2019.

Congress presses Smithsonian director on new museums, ‘panda diplomacy’

By Justin Papp
Posted December 12, 2023 at 6:40pm
The crowd waves signs before Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at a rally in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Monday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending November 1, 2024

Rep. María Elvira Salazar says she knows why voters are abandoning Democrats in Florida: “Don’t you see? It’s socialism.”

Rep. Maria Salazar discusses Cuba spy donor, creeping Marxism, and immigration stalemate

By Jim Saksa
Posted December 12, 2023 at 6:15am

Capitol Lens | Perch party

By Bill Clark
Posted December 11, 2023 at 5:18pm
Faith & Liberty holds its 20th annual live nativity in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday. The nativity scene included people portraying Mary, Joseph, the Baby Jesus, Wise Men, townspeople, and shepherds in first-century attire, along with Delilah the camel, a donkey and sheep. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending December 8, 2023

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted December 8, 2023 at 10:10am

Capitol Lens | Nativity scene

By Bill Clark
Posted December 7, 2023 at 3:41pm
Border wall-themed holiday decorations hang outside the office of Rep. Eli Crane in the Longworth House Office Building this week.

Congress takes holiday decorating seriously. This year it caused an outcry

By Justin Papp
Posted December 6, 2023 at 4:57pm

Capitol Lens | Norman Lear, 1922–2023

By Chris Hale
Posted December 6, 2023 at 1:59pm
Religious Democrats see differences both theological and constitutional as they size up Speaker Mike Johnson, seen here at a Tuesday news conference about antisemitism on college campuses.

How Democrats of faith see devout Speaker Mike Johnson

By Jim Saksa
Posted December 6, 2023 at 12:11pm
Denise and Courtney of Kansas pose with their son, Marek. The family is among those featured in the new Hulu documentary “We Live Here: The Midwest.”

These LGBTQ+ families have a message for the Midwest: ‘We Live Here’

By Jason Dick
Posted December 5, 2023 at 6:15am
Former New York Republican Rep. George Santos is seen in the Capitol on Friday before the House vote to expel him from the chamber.

So long, Santos

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted December 4, 2023 at 3:34pm

Capitol Lens | Honor This

By Tom Williams
Posted December 4, 2023 at 2:23pm
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "Ensuring Judicial Independence Through Civics Education" on Wednesday, July 25, 2012. O'Connor died on Friday at the age of 93.

Former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court, dies at 93

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 1, 2023 at 4:12pm
The expulsion of former Rep. George Santos from Congress highlights this week’s Hits and Misses.

Expelling bee — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted December 1, 2023 at 3:47pm
The November full moon, also known as the Beaver Moon, rises over the Capitol dome on Monday.

Photos of the week ending December 1, 2023

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted December 1, 2023 at 12:41pm
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, center, talks with then-Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Joe Biden, D-Del., right, and ranking member Richard G. Lugar, R-Ind., before a hearing on Jan. 31, 2007. Kissinger died on Wednesday.

Kissinger and the Capitol

By Jason Dick
Posted November 30, 2023 at 7:54pm

Capitol Lens | Pointing out

By Bill Clark
Posted November 30, 2023 at 5:51pm
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, was choking at a Thursday lunch.

Sen. Paul uses Heimlich maneuver on choking Sen. Ernst

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted November 30, 2023 at 4:05pm
Readers in and around Congress give these books a thumbs-up for your year-end reading list.

Capitol Hill insiders share their favorite books to read in 2023

By Jim Saksa
Posted November 30, 2023 at 7:00am