Photos of the Week: Protests and Selfies on the Hill as House Hands Senate Health Care
The week of May 1 as captured by Roll Call’s photographers
Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., photographs protesters on the East Front of the Capitol on Thursday after the House passed the Republicans' bill to repeal and replace Obamacare. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
The House has headed out on recess — they’re scheduled to return May 16 — after a busy week passing both an omnibus spending bill and a repeal and replace plan for the 2010 health care law.
The Senate also passed the omnibus this week but debate remains on the health care plan.
Here’s a look at the entire week in photos:
On Monday, immigration rights activists chant during their May Day march in Washington to the White House to voice opposition to President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., at a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing in Rayburn Building on Tuesday. United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz and other industry executives testified. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Tom MacArthur, R-N.J., speaks with reporters as he leaves the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Vice President Mike Pence stops to take a selfie with a school group from Moultrie, Ga., in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda after leaving the Senate Republicans’ policy lunch in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
On Wednesday, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., left, speaks with Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-Conn., before a news conference with Americans for Responsible Solutions and the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence to call on Congress to address the issue and resist the agenda of gun lobbies. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
FBI Director James Comey testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Dirksen Building titled “Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,” on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, fresh off foot surgery, makes his way through Statuary Hall on his way to the House floor in the Capitol for the vote to repeal and replace of Obamacare (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Thursday the House-passed bill will likely run afoul of Senate rules. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Protesters, who support Obamacare, wait for members of Congress on the East Front of the Capitol before the House passed the Republicans’ bill to repeal and replace the legislation. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., shakes hands with White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, after a meeting with Republican members of Congress in House Majority Whip Steve Scalise‘s office on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
A television monitor at the TV stakeout shows proceeding on the House floor as Congress votes on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
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