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UNITED STATES - December 16: Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., stands up after playing Christmas songs on the piano in the Hart Atrium in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the day: Retiring Lamar Alexander serenades the Senate

By Caroline Brehman
Posted December 16, 2020 at 6:50pm
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 16: Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., leaves the U.S. Capitol as snow from Winter Storm Gail falls in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Snow day

By Bill Clark
Posted December 16, 2020 at 1:29pm
From the lonely stylings of a piano to the sound of weary sighing, it’s been a musical December at the Capitol.

O Come, O Come, Coromnibus

By Paul V. Fontelo
Posted December 16, 2020 at 12:56pm
Christopher Nolan speaks during a screening of “Oppenheimer” on July 17 in New York City.

‘Oppenheimer’ sparks nuclear debate. Will Congress join in?

UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 7: Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., right, and Will Shafroth, president and CEO of the National Park Foundation, tour the Thomas Jefferson Memorial after Warner was presented the Hero award for his “leadership in passing the Great American Outdoors Act and his overall extraordinary service and commitment to the betterment of national parks,” during a ceremony at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial on Monday December 7, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending Dec. 11, 2020

By Bill Clark, Tom Williams and Caroline Brehman
Posted December 11, 2020 at 1:38pm
Rep. Pete Olson, R-Texas, wears a Santa Claus mask as he walks down the House steps after the last votes of the week on Thursday morning. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Santa Olson

By Caroline Brehman
Posted December 10, 2020 at 2:42pm
The end of the Democratic Study Group on Capitol Hill was part of the transition of power in the House from committees to leadership.

These legislative whisperers were kicked out of the Capitol

By Erin Bacon
Posted December 10, 2020 at 6:30am
Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley began her career in politics as an aide to Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II and Sen. John Kerry.

‘Personnel is policy’: What Ayanna Pressley saw as a staffer

By Eleanor Van Buren
Posted December 10, 2020 at 6:00am
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 8: An American flag hangs upside down in the wind outside Union Station in Washington on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Hang in there

By Bill Clark
Posted December 9, 2020 at 3:32pm
Visitors gather at the Capitol Christmas tree at sunset on Dec. 3.

The 12 days of Congress’ clichés

By Lindsey Gilbert
Posted December 9, 2020 at 6:30am
Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., walks through the Capitol Rotunda with his family on Monday, Dec. 8, 2020.

Photo of the day: Gardner tour

By Bill Clark
Posted December 8, 2020 at 3:34pm
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 7: Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., right, and Will Shafroth, president and CEO of the National Park Foundation, tour the Thomas Jefferson Memorial after Warner was presented the Hero award for his “leadership in passing the Great American Outdoors Act and his overall extraordinary service and commitment to the betterment of national parks,” during a ceremony at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial on Monday December 7, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: A trip to the Mall

By Tom Williams
Posted December 7, 2020 at 7:04pm
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 1: Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., laughs after Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., pulled out a step stool for him during a news conference with a group of bipartisan lawmakers to unveil a COVID-19 emergency relief framework in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Cats and cannabis: Congressional Hits and Misses

By Thomas McKinless
Posted December 4, 2020 at 4:50pm
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn and House Clerk Cheryl Johnson visit the “Joseph H. Rainey: 150 Years of Black Americans Elected to Congress”” exhibit in the Capitol on Dec. 4, 2020.

House marks 150 years of Black members

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted December 4, 2020 at 2:59pm
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 3: Visitors gather at the Capitol Christmas tree at sunset on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. This year's tree, an Engelmann Spruce, came from the Grand Mesa, Uncompaghre, and Gunnison National Forests in Colorado. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending Dec. 4, 2020

By Bill Clark, Caroline Brehman and Tom Williams
Posted December 4, 2020 at 2:09pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds a ceremonial swearing-in of Rep. Kwanza Hall, D-Ga., as he fills the congressional seat of the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., following a special election, on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020.

Photo of the day: Congressman for a month

By Caroline Brehman
Posted December 3, 2020 at 2:21pm
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 2: Faith & Action in the Nation's Capital holds its annual "Live Nativity on Capitol Hill," with actors portraying Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!

By Caroline Brehman
Posted December 2, 2020 at 3:30pm

Watch Mitch McConnell’s tearful tribute to retiring Lamar Alexander

By Thomas McKinless
Posted December 2, 2020 at 12:36pm
“Operation Christmas Drop” checks off all the holiday movie cliches, but as an introduction to BRAC, it leaves something to be desired.

Cringeworthy Christmas: Netflix turns BRAC into a Hill staffer’s tropical romance

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted December 2, 2020 at 10:14am
The Capitol Christmas Tree is unloaded on the West Front of the Capitol on Nov. 20. The lighting ceremony on Wednesday will be closed to the public.

Mask up, gingerbread men: It’s Christmas at the Capitol

By Chris Cioffi
Posted December 2, 2020 at 6:00am
UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 28: People dine in outdoor pods at Ted’s Bulletin in Washington on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Bubble brunch

By Caroline Brehman
Posted November 30, 2020 at 4:26pm