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UNITED STATES - MAY 18: Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., gestures as he speaks with a reporter before the start of the Senate Republicans’ weekly lunch in the Russell Senate Office Building on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. (Photo by Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending May 21, 2021

By Tom Williams, Caroline Brehman and Bill Clark
Posted May 21, 2021 at 8:26am
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, earlier this year reintroduced her bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.

Juneteenth is not a federal holiday. These lawmakers are trying again

By Jim Saksa
Posted May 20, 2021 at 6:00am
UNITED STATES - May 19: A mockingbird loudly signs as Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C., left, and Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., joined by other members of the House Republican Israel Caucus, hold a news conference to discuss the conflict with Israel and Hamas in Washington on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Mocked members

By Caroline Brehman
Posted May 19, 2021 at 3:32pm
Newly elected Speaker Mike Johnson, second from right, takes photos with members after a news conference on the House steps of the Capitol after winning the speakership on Wednesday.

Photos of the week: Speaker finally elected edition

Raphael Warnock, shown here on the campaign trail last year, returns to Georgia most weekends to deliver his sermons, peppered with mentions of his work in the Senate.

Raphael Warnock, the ‘senator reverend,’ keeps preaching most Sundays

By Paul V. Fontelo
Posted May 19, 2021 at 5:30am
UNITED STATES - MAY 18: Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., gestures as he speaks with a reporter before the start of the Senate Republicans’ weekly lunch in the Russell Senate Office Building on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. (Photo by Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: It’s all about perspective

By Bill Clark
Posted May 18, 2021 at 5:02pm
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference following a House Democrat caucus meeting on April 20. The June meetings will feature members attending in person.

House Democrats to hold in-person caucus meetings in June after 90 virtual ones

By Chris Cioffi
Posted May 18, 2021 at 4:10pm
Rep. Steve Stivers, R-Ohio, greets Phoenix, a service dog, during a news conference last week highlighting House passage of the PAWS Act, his bill to pair service dogs with veterans with PTSD.

Nice guys don’t finish last. They take a job with the Ohio Chamber

By Jim Saksa
Posted May 18, 2021 at 6:00am
UNITED STATES - May 17: A U.S. Park Police officer on horseback crosses 7th Street Northwest in Washington on Monday, May 17, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the day: Urban wildlife edition

By Caroline Brehman and Bill Clark
Posted May 17, 2021 at 4:37pm
A duck and ducklings sit along the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington on Monday.

Photos of the week ending May 14, 2021

By Caroline Brehman, Tom Williams and Bill Clark
Posted May 14, 2021 at 2:28pm
Sen. Cory Booker took a risk to help advance an amendment of a National Police Week resolution.

Cruz and Booker agree on honoring police because of this 3-letter word

By Chris Cioffi
Posted May 13, 2021 at 7:09pm
UNITED STATES - May 13: Morgan, a service dog, stands up before the start of a news conference highlighting the passage of H.R. 1448, the Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers for Veterans Therapy Act in Washington on Thursday, May 13, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: PAWS

By Caroline Brehman
Posted May 13, 2021 at 4:57pm
Host Jason Dick, left, and CQ Roll Call senior reporter Kate Ackley discuss the state of lobbying in a 2019 episode.

We started a podcast about ‘political theater.’ Then the term went through the wringer

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted May 13, 2021 at 6:00am
UNITED STATES - MAY 12: A squirrel dines on a Snickers almond bar around lunch time in Upper Senate Park outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. (Photo by Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: ‘You’re not you when you’re hungry’

By Bill Clark
Posted May 12, 2021 at 3:24pm
The empty shell of a periodical cicada nymph clings to a tree after the adult insect molted Monday in Takoma Park, Md.

Cicadas are coming. Last time they attacked John Kerry

By Chris Cioffi
Posted May 12, 2021 at 6:00am
UNITED STATES - May 11: Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards talks with Rep.-elect Troy Carter, D-La., joined by and his wife, Army Reserve Brigadier General Ana Carter, before the start of in a mock swearing-in ceremony in the Rayburn Room in the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Carter is sworn in

By Caroline Brehman
Posted May 11, 2021 at 5:56pm
Sen. Ted Cruz, here at the Capitol on April 28, has been among the most vocal mask-shedders in recent weeks.

People are returning to the Capitol, and not everyone’s wearing a mask

By Chris Cioffi
Posted May 11, 2021 at 5:30am
UNITED STATES - May 10: Ducklings sit along the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington on Monday, May 10, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: A trip to the Mall

By Caroline Brehman
Posted May 10, 2021 at 4:16pm
Galaxy Quest was released in 1999.

House hearing forced to recess as ‘Galaxy Quest,’ ‘Down Periscope’ play in background

By Jim Saksa
Posted May 3, 2021 at 2:49pm, Updated at 4:21pm
President Joe Biden speaks with lawmakers as he exits the House chamber at the end of his address to the joint session of Congress on Wednesday, April 28, 2021.

Intern IDs, Lincoln’s ghost and vaccines on Mars: Congressional Hits and Misses

By Thomas McKinless
Posted April 30, 2021 at 2:27pm
UNITED STATES - APRIL 28: Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talk before the start of President Joe Biden’s address to the joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, April 28. 4, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending April 30, 2021

By Tom Williams, Caroline Brehman and Bill Clark
Posted April 30, 2021 at 10:38am