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Capitol Lens | Small rotunda turnout

By Bill Clark
Posted October 23, 2023 at 2:02pm
From left, Reps. Tom Cole, R-Okla., Hal Rogers, R-Ky., and Steve Womack, R-Ark., look at their phones on the House floor during Friday's third unsuccessful vote to elect a new speaker.

Photos of the week: Speakerless edition

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted October 20, 2023 at 6:00pm
Del. James C. Moylan of Guam is one of three delegates in the House Republican Conference.

Up close without a vote: Delegates weigh in on speakership mess

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 19, 2023 at 4:02pm
The statue of country music legend Johnny Cash is unveiled during a ceremony in Emancipation Hall on Tuesday. His daughter Rosanne Cash appears to the left of the statue, and Arkansas GOP Rep. Bruce Westerman is at right.

Photos of the week ending September 27, 2024

Rep. Jim Jordan is seen on the House floor Wednesday afternoon.

Jim Jordan sat stone-faced as he lost another speaker vote. But John Boehner got a laugh

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 18, 2023 at 4:43pm

Capitol Lens | El mariachi

By Bill Clark
Posted October 18, 2023 at 3:43pm

Capitol Lens | Babe in arms

By Bill Clark
Posted October 17, 2023 at 4:27pm
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, Republican nominee for speaker of the House, is seen on the House floor after he did not receive enough votes to become speaker in Tuesday's first round of voting.

‘Oh, come on!’ Groans, eye rolls and gritted teeth as Jordan loses first speaker round

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 17, 2023 at 4:26pm
Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., is seen on the House steps on Sept. 13.

DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene thinks voters will reject Republican ‘chaos’

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 17, 2023 at 6:15am

Capitol Lens | Reflecting pool

By Tom Williams
Posted October 16, 2023 at 5:47pm
House members take part in a vigil on the Capitol’s steps on Thursday to commemorate the more than 1,000 lives lost in Israel.

Photos of the week ending October 13, 2023

By Tom Williams and Bill Clark
Posted October 13, 2023 at 11:58am
Rep. Sharice Davids, seen here in December, says being in Congress is “not what it looks like on TV.”

Sharice Davids’ secret to winning over swing voters? ‘It’s kind of like MMA’

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 11, 2023 at 6:15am

Capitol Lens | Whisp-er chamber

By Bill Clark
Posted October 10, 2023 at 1:40pm
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks to the media on the House steps of the Capitol after his motion to vacate the office of the speaker passed on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending October 6, 2023

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted October 6, 2023 at 10:05am
Mourning the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein Thursday were, from left, San Francisco Mayor London Breed, Vice President Kamala Harris, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Eileen Mariano, granddaughter of Dianne Feinstein.

At Feinstein’s funeral, mourners in San Francisco remember her ‘mayoral roots’

By Justin Papp
Posted October 5, 2023 at 6:33pm
Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer, seen here in July 2022, said they got kicked out of their prime workspaces in the Capitol amid this week’s speaker fallout.

‘Mean and petty’: Democrats slam hideaway evictions of Hoyer, Pelosi

By Justin Papp
Posted October 4, 2023 at 6:56pm

Capitol Lens | Office space

By Chris Hale
Posted October 4, 2023 at 3:58pm
Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz talks with reporters Tuesday morning in the Capitol.

How the vote to boot Speaker McCarthy played out inside the chamber

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 3, 2023 at 6:38pm
Laphonza Butler poses with Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer at the Capitol before her swearing-in on Tuesday.

Laphonza Butler sworn in to succeed Sen. Dianne Feinstein 

By Justin Papp
Posted October 3, 2023 at 3:56pm
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, seen here in July, set off another controversy on Monday over the use of the word “Nazi.”

Fire alarm fracas gets noisier around Rep. Jamaal Bowman

By Justin Papp
Posted October 2, 2023 at 9:04pm
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, seen here in May, will be mourned this week in California, as Senate colleagues plan to make the trip.

Senators will cut the week short to travel to Dianne Feinstein’s funeral

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 2, 2023 at 4:35pm