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Barbie dolls posed as Joe Biden and Kamala Harris wave at the election-themed ÒBarbie Pond on Avenue Q,Ó which is actually on Q St. NW in Washington. The anonymous Barbie curator is known to create seasonal as well as political scenes which are shared on the @barbie_pond_ave_q Instagram account. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: DC’s Barbie pond is ready for Election 2020

By Caroline Brehman
Posted October 7, 2020 at 3:32pm
Harriet Miers, nominee for associate justice of the Supreme Court, talks with Sen. Pat Leahy, D-Vt., ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, before they met privately. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/file)

Photo of the day: A Supreme Court nominee — from 2005

By Tom Williams
Posted October 6, 2020 at 4:32pm
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, seen here in the Capitol with her second baby in 2018, drew on her own pumping frustrations as she worked on lactation room legislation.

Pump breast milk in an airport bathroom? You shouldn’t have to, says Tammy Duckworth

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted October 6, 2020 at 7:00am

Capitol Lens | Critical moose

The District of Columbia Board of Elections began accepting mail-in-ballots on Monday at their drop boxes around Washington, including this location at the Northeast Neighborhood Library. Early voting in DC begins October 27. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Insert ballot here

By Caroline Brehman
Posted October 5, 2020 at 3:34pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi checks her hair Monday with the help of an aide’s iPhone before a television interview with MSNBC in the Russell Building.

‘God help us all if this is by the book’ — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Thomas McKinless
Posted October 2, 2020 at 3:34pm
Protesters from the Center for Popular Democracy Action, dressed in “Handmaid’s Tale” costumes, stand Wednesday on the plaza of the Supreme Court to voice opposition to Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination.

Photos of the week ending Oct. 2

By Bill Clark, Caroline Brehman and Tom Williams
Posted October 2, 2020 at 1:41pm
Former President Jimmy Carter, center, poses with presidential candidate Bill Clinton, vice presidential candidate Al Gore, and former first lady Rosalynn Carter before the start of construction on a Habitat for Humanity house in Atlanta on Aug. 19, 1992. Photo by Bill Clark

Photo: Happy birthday, Mr. President

By Bill Clark
Posted October 1, 2020 at 2:45pm
Rep. Filemon Vela, D-Texas, holds office hours in Lincoln Park in Washington on Monday, Sept. 28, 2020.

Weekdays in the park with Filemon Vela

By Jason Dick
Posted October 1, 2020 at 8:00am
Michael Hardaway, center, is pictured behind his boss, Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries, on Sept. 25, 2019.

Invite-only: How one Hill aide is turning his political connections into a business

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted October 1, 2020 at 6:30am
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 30: Reps. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, right, chairman of the China Task Force, and Andy Barr, R-Ky., conduct a news conference on the China Task Force report in the Capitol’s Rayburn Room on Wednesday, September 30, 2020. The report outlines bipartisan action to combat threats from China. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photo: Flagging China

By Tom Williams
Posted September 30, 2020 at 3:38pm
While running for Congress, Cameron Webb has worn, from left to right, the Jordan 11 “Georgetown,” the Jordan 9 “Birmingham Barons,” and Jordan 1 slippers.

A true sneakerhead wants to bring a ‘fresh’ style to Congress

By Clyde McGrady
Posted September 30, 2020 at 6:30am
Rev. Angela Martin prepares for a march and pray-in with the Poor People's Campaign to highlight the ÒSenateÕs sinsÓ which include pushing for a Supreme Court seat and failing on police reform on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photo: Remember Ruth and Breonna

By Tom Williams
Posted September 29, 2020 at 3:26pm
Reps. Emanuel Cleaver II, Gregory W. Meeks and Robert C. Scott say their Alpha ties are powerful.

‘Did you not know that he was my brother?’: Congressmen on Alpha Phi Alpha

By Eleanor Van Buren
Posted September 29, 2020 at 6:30am
New York Rep. Tom Suozzi attends a Sept. 15 news conference by the Problem Solvers Caucus to unveil coronavirus relief legislation.

Survey: Capitol Hill aides see a job well done fighting the coronavirus

By Shawn Zeller
Posted September 28, 2020 at 3:43pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., checks her hair before doing a television interview with MSNBC in the Russell Senate Office Building on Monday.

Photo: No mirror, no problem

By Caroline Brehman
Posted September 28, 2020 at 3:19pm
The D.C. Board of Elections hosts the “Vote Safe DC” campaign that encourages residents to utilize voter mail-in ballots for the upcoming elections in response to the coronavirus outbreak, outside of The Anthem in Washington on Sept. 21, 2020.

House committee’s recommendation: more Nickelback — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Thomas McKinless
Posted September 25, 2020 at 3:39pm
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leaves the Capitol after the memorial service for late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who became the first woman to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol on Friday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week: As RBG is honored, Congress plods on

By Bill Clark, Tom Williams and Caroline Brehman
Posted September 25, 2020 at 1:22pm
Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, right, speaks with Pope Francis in the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 24, 2015, before the PopeÕs address to a joint seccion of Congress. The next day, Speaker Boehner announced his retirement. (Bill Clark/Roll Call)

Photo: On this day in 2015

By Bill Clark
Posted September 24, 2020 at 2:30pm
Senate staffer Christina Henderson poses for a portrait on the steps outside her house in Washington on Friday. She’s running for D.C. City Council in the upcoming election.

What it takes: How a Hill staffer runs for DC city council … during a pandemic … while raising a toddler

By Clyde McGrady
Posted September 24, 2020 at 6:30am
From left, former congressional staffers Mark Williams, Bridgett Frey, Nicole Tisdale and Josh Martin all took jobs in the private sector last year.

‘You’ll have a freak-out moment’: First a new job, then a pandemic

By Kathryn Lyons
Posted September 24, 2020 at 6:30am