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UNITED STATES - March 25: A man dressed up as a plague doctor holds signs outside of the fencing on the East Front of the Capitol ahead of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology and the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce joint hearing on “Disinformation Nation: Social Media's Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation” in Washington on Thursday, March 25, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Plague doctor

By Caroline Brehman
Posted March 25, 2021 at 1:54pm
People rally Wednesday in support of the American Dream and Promise Act. Even as lawmakers in Congress consider immigration bills like that one, DACA recipients can’t work on Capitol Hill thanks to a little-known appropriations provision.

No ‘Dreamers’ allowed: DACA recipients still can’t work for Congress

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 25, 2021 at 5:30am
UNITED STATES - March 24: Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., walks up the Senate steps as rain pours down in Washington on Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Soggy Senate

By Caroline Brehman
Posted March 24, 2021 at 2:55pm
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

Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan is often the last lawmaker standing on the floor at the end of the week, heaping praise on people from his home state.

For Senate die-hards, no sweeter sound than ‘Alaskan of the Week’

By Chris Cioffi
Posted March 24, 2021 at 6:00am
UNITED STATES - MARCH 23: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., followed by his staff walks through the Ohio Clock Corridor from the Senate chamber back to his office on Tuesday, March 23, 2021. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Walk this way

By Bill Clark
Posted March 23, 2021 at 3:06pm
UNITED STATES - MARCH 22: A Capitol Hill resident runs through a portion of security fence along 3rd Street on Monday, March 22, 2021. Much of the outer fencing near the Capitol was removed over the weekend. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: De-fence

By Tom Williams
Posted March 22, 2021 at 3:05pm
“Race is an organizing factor for how the congressional workplace operates,” says James Jones, a co-author of a new report for the nonprofit Pay Our Interns.

Intern pay was supposed to boost diversity in Congress. Most of the money went to white students

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 22, 2021 at 1:41pm
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell conducts a Fox News interview in the Russell Building on Wednesday.

St. Paddy’s Day, SportsTalk and Tom Carper on a train — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Thomas McKinless
Posted March 19, 2021 at 3:38pm
UNITED STATES - MARCH 13: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., speaks to reporters as Ward 6 DC Councilman Charles Allen, left, listens outside the U.S. Capitol security fencing about removing the fencing on Saturday, March 13, 2021. Dozens of Capitol Hill and DC residents held a protest at the fence on East Capitol Street to voice their displeasure with the security fence. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending March 19, 2021

By Bill Clark, Caroline Brehman and Tom Williams
Posted March 19, 2021 at 10:51am
National Guardsmen walk past the Monocle restaurant inside the security perimeter at the Capitol on Wednesday.

This restaurant was trapped behind the Capitol razor wire

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 18, 2021 at 1:17pm
Julia Letlow is running for the Louisiana seat won by her late husband, who died of COVID-19 complications before his swearing-in. If successful, she would join nearly 50 women who have taken a similar path to Congress over the years.

Widows describe what it’s like running for Congress

By Paul V. Fontelo
Posted March 18, 2021 at 6:00am
UNITED STATES - March 17: Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., puts on a mask that reads “dignity” before the start of a news conference with other House Republican members on immigration in Washington on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Dignified

By Caroline Brehman
Posted March 17, 2021 at 3:37pm
"Area closed" signs are posted on fencing around the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in this archive photo. A new study found that a majority of constituents don’t feel heard by their members of Congress.

Voters to Congress: Are you listening?

By Chris Cioffi
Posted March 17, 2021 at 6:00am
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, opens the door to the Kennedy Caucus Room in the Russell Senate Office Building as she arrives for the Senate Republican lunch on Tuesday, March 16, 2021.

Photo of the day: Iowan at a caucus

By Bill Clark
Posted March 16, 2021 at 3:33pm
Men dominated hearings at two powerful committees. Now a researcher at American University is taking a wider look.

‘Manels’ flourished during key period in Congress, research finds

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 16, 2021 at 5:45am
UNITED STATES - MARCH 15: Sean Ryan, right, and Doug Farkas, work in the keg room of Boundary Stone in the Bloomingdale neighborhood while setting up the pub for a mid-April reopening on Monday, March 15, 2021. The establishment has been closed since November due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Pub prep

By Tom Williams
Posted March 15, 2021 at 7:35pm
UNITED STATES - MARCH 10: From left, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., attend a bill enrollment ceremony for the American Rescue Plan Act on the West Front of the Capitol after the House passed the $1.9 trillion covid-19 relief package on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

‘Heaven forbid’ Congress accomplish something — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Thomas McKinless
Posted March 12, 2021 at 3:00pm
UNITED STATES - MARCH 10: From left, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., and Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., celebrate signing the American Rescue Plan Act at a bill enrollment ceremony on the West Front of the Capitol after the House passed the $1.9 trillion covid-19 relief package on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending March 12, 2021

By Bill Clark, Caroline Brehman and Tom Williams
Posted March 12, 2021 at 11:09am
UNITED STATES - March 11: Rep. Tom Malinowski, D-N.J., walks down the House steps of the Capitol with his dog, Otto, after a vote in Washington on Thursday, March 11, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the day: ‘He’s House trained’

By Caroline Brehman, Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted March 11, 2021 at 2:38pm
UNITED STATES - MARCH 4: Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., shows his hand sanitizer that he carries as precaution to the coronavirus outbreak, to Reps. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., and Paul Tonko, D-N.Y., in the Rayburn Building subway on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

A COVID year in 5 photos

By Caroline Brehman, Tom Williams and Bill Clark
Posted March 11, 2021 at 6:30am