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UNITED STATES - MARCH 1: Vice President Kamala Harris, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., right, walk through the U.S. Capitol Rotunda before President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending March 4, 2022

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted March 4, 2022 at 11:43am
Senate pages ride the subway in 2017 to deliver copies of a hefty bill to the Senate document room. Long enacted laws are more common now than they were in the 1950s.

What if Congress isn’t hopelessly locked in partisan gridlock? What if it’s getting a lot done?

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 3, 2022 at 5:30am
For Rep. Zoe Lofgren, implementing the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 has come full circle.

Parties clash over unionizing Hill staff at House hearing

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 2, 2022 at 4:50pm

Capitol Lens | Honoring Abe

“If you’re just going to look for a quick victory at any cost, that’s a mistake,” says Rep. David Trone, D-Md.

How David Trone went from Total Wine to opioid opponent in Congress

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 2, 2022 at 6:00am
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., leaves the Senate floor after delivering George Washington’s farewell address on Monday.

Retiring Sen. Leahy reflects on ‘fragile’ democracy as he reads Washington’s farewell

By Chris Cioffi
Posted February 28, 2022 at 4:53pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, seen here in November, has relied on the Office of the Attending Physician as masking guidance has evolved in the House.

No longer on the State of the Union guest list: mandatory masks

By Chris Cioffi
Posted February 28, 2022 at 10:36am
David Tennent, creator of an app called CNCT, sees an untapped niche in Congress.

Networking hasn’t bounced back from COVID-19. This Hill staffer has an app for that

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 23, 2022 at 6:15am
“That was not exactly the in-depth policy conversation I was hoping for, but it was a hoot,” Rep. Derek Kilmer recalls of a moment with his former boss.

Rep. Derek Kilmer was an intern in the 1990s. Here’s what he learned on his last day

By Chris Cioffi
Posted February 23, 2022 at 6:00am
Rep. Andy Levin, D-Mich., has introduced a resolution to protect congressional staffers who want to organize in the House. Put first things first, he says.

‘Eyes on the prize’: Hill union backers should keep momentum going, Levin says

By Jim Saksa and Chris Cioffi
Posted February 23, 2022 at 5:45am
UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 14: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., addresses the National Association of Counties annual Legislative Conference via video at the Washington Hilton in Washington on Monday, February 14, 2022. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call).

Photos of the week ending Feb. 18, 2022

By Tom Williams and Bill Clark
Posted February 18, 2022 at 10:50am
One of the field offices of former Rep. Chris Gibson, R-N.Y., seen in Liberty, N.Y., on Oct. 13, 2015.

‘Frontier, and kind of forgotten’ staffers share stories of district office challenges

By Chris Cioffi
Posted February 16, 2022 at 5:02pm
American educator and activist Mary McLeod Bethune (1875 - 1955) with the Capitol in the background, circa 1950. Bethune will be the first Black woman included in the Statuary Hall collection.

First Black woman and DC’s second statue get close to Capitol placement

By Chris Cioffi
Posted February 16, 2022 at 6:00am
“As a country, we were formed to be together,” says Rep. Tom O’Halleran. “It’s not like we aren’t tied at the hip on the economy or health care — we are.”

Tom O’Halleran: ‘If we don’t work together, it’s going to cost us’

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 15, 2022 at 6:00am
From her seat on the Senate Banking Committee, Cynthia Lummis is leading the legislative push to build a regulatory framework that will support crypto markets, which some U.S. financial regulators have currently described as “the Wild West.”

How Cynthia Lummis, a rancher and grandmother, was crowned the Senate’s queen of crypto

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 15, 2022 at 5:30am
UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 9: Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, enjoys his cigar as he walks down the House steps after the final votes of the week in the Capitol on Wednesday, February 9, 2022. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call).

Photos of the week ending Feb. 11, 2022

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted February 11, 2022 at 11:03am
Pennsylvania Rep. Conor Lamb is among the Democrats still weighing whether to sign on to a resolution that could clear the way for House staffers to unionize.

Staffer unions could force some lawmakers to walk the walk or face hypocrisy talk

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 10, 2022 at 4:24pm
With more federal employees teleworking or otherwise shifting their commutes, Metro officials said the transit system will have to adapt.

Metro ‘mediocrity’: House lawmakers dig into ridership, wheel woes

By Chris Cioffi
Posted February 9, 2022 at 4:37pm
Staffers on Capitol Hill are stepping up efforts to unionize, energized by statements of support from dozens of Democratic lawmakers.

Hill staffers are organizing. What could their unions look like?

By Chris Cioffi and Jim Saksa
Posted February 9, 2022 at 5:30am
Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., came back to Congress in 2020 after one term away. She lost to Democratic challenger Anthony Brindisi in 2018, but narrowly defeated him two years later in a rematch.

Rep. Claudia Tenney loves curling and she’s not ashamed to admit it

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 8, 2022 at 6:30am
From left, Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., checks how heavy the rain is falling as he along with Rep. Greg Pence, R-Ind., and Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pa., walk down the House steps after the final vote of the week on Friday.

Photos of the week ending Feb. 4, 2022

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted February 4, 2022 at 2:28pm