Skip to content
RollCall logo

Capitol Lens: Waving Goodbye

By Douglas Graham
Posted July 6, 2012 at 3:05pm

Flags displayed at “A Capitol Fourth,” the annual Independence Day concert held on the West Front of the Capitol, wait to be removed the day after the festivities.

Recent Stories

President Joe Biden, joined by survivors of domestic violence, speaks during an event marking the 30th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Biden alludes to Trump case while hailing Violence Against Women Act, survivors

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., right, Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., center, and ranking member Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., during a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. The committee will vote next week on whether to hold the CEO of Steward Health Care in contempt for refusing a subpoena.

Senate HELP to hold contempt vote for CEO who refused subpoena

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer conducts a news conference after the Senate luncheons in the Capitol on Tuesday. He announced Thursday that the Senate will vote again on a legislative package that would establish a statutory right to IVF.

Schumer tees up second vote on IVF

At the Races: Recapping the season

The Secret Service leads planning for high-profile happenings deemed as National Special Security Events. In the past those have included inaugurations and State of the Union speeches. Above, workers install a security fence around the Capitol in March, ahead of the State of the Union.

Lawmakers hail ‘prudent’ decision to up security on Jan. 6

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris debate for the first time at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on Sept. 10.

Presidential contenders stay mum, for now, on menthol ban