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Photos of the Week: Schumer, Pelosi Center Stage, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Taxes

The week of Sept. 11 as captured by Roll Call's photographers

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., attend a news conference on Thursday on the Child Care for Working Families Act, which focuses on affordable early learning and care. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., attend a news conference on Thursday on the Child Care for Working Families Act, which focuses on affordable early learning and care. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
By Bill Clark
Posted September 15, 2017 at 5:04am

The week of Sept. 11 is coming to a close, and it was another eventful one. President Donald Trump dined on Wednesday with Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, after which there was a debate about whether a deal was reached on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and border security.

“Hamilton” actor and playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda was spotted several times on the Hill this week as he lobbied for arts funding. And discussions of a tax overhaul continued this week as it became clear the GOP wants to avoid another health care-like debacle. 

Here is the week in photos:

UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 12: Marshall Billingslea, Assistant Secretary of State for Terrorist Financing, prepares to testify during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on sanctions and diplomacy with North Korea on September 12, 2017. Members of Code Pink hold signs opposing sanctions on North Korea. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Marshall Billingslea, Assistant Secretary of State for Terrorist Financing, prepares to testify during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on sanctions and diplomacy with North Korea on Tuesday. Members of Code Pink hold signs opposing sanctions on North Korea. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 12: Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin, D-Ill., talks with a reporter before the Senate Policy luncheons in the Capitol on September 12, 2017.(Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Senate Minority Whip Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., talks with a reporter before the Senate policy luncheons in the Capitol on Tuesday.(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Vice President Mike Pence waves to tourists in the Rotunda as he arrives for a meeting on tax reform in Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Vice President Mike Pence waves to tourists in the Rotunda as he arrives for a meeting on tax reform in Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 12: Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin makes his way to a meeting in the Capitol office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on September 12, 2017.(Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin makes his way to a meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday.(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., fields questions from reporters in the Ohio Clock Corridor following the policy lunch in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Schumer fields questions from reporters in the Ohio Clock Corridor following the policy lunch in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 13: Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, talks with reporters in the Capitol after a meeting of House Republican Conference on September 13, 2017. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, talks with reporters in the Capitol after a meeting of House Republican Conference on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 13: Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., fixes a sign that was bumped by a photographer as Reps. Tom Graves, R-Ga., Michael McCaul, R-Texas, and Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., look on, during a news conference in the Capitol after a meeting of House Republican Conference on September 13, 2017. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Speaker of the House Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., fixes a sign that was bumped by a photographer as Reps. Tom Graves, R-Ga., Michael McCaul, R-Texas, and Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., look on, during a news conference in the Capitol after a meeting of House Republican Conference on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 13: Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., helps swap out posters during the news conference to discuss block grant funding for healthcare on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., helps swap out posters during the news conference to discuss block grant funding for health care on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 13: Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of the musical Hamilton, makes his way to a meeting at the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies in Rayburn, during a round of meetings to urge federal funding for the national endowments for the arts and humanities on September 13, 2017. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of the musical Hamilton, makes his way to a meeting at the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies in Rayburn, during a round of meetings to urge federal funding for the national endowments for the arts and humanities on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Staffers set up signs for Sen. Bernie Sanders' event to introduce the Medicare for All Act of 2017 on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Staffers set up signs for Sen. Bernie Sanders' event to introduce the Medicare for All Act of 2017 on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 14: Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, is presented a cake to celebrate his 63rd wedding anniversary and his upcoming birthday as Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., ranking member, looks on during Senate Judiciary Committee markup in Dirksen on judicial nominations on September 14, 2017. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Chairman Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, is presented a cake to celebrate his 63rd wedding anniversary and his upcoming birthday as Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., ranking member, looks on during Senate Judiciary Committee markup in Dirksen on judicial nominations on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds her weekly news conference in the Capitol on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Pelosi holds her weekly news conference in the Capitol on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 14: Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., stops to autograph a picture of the Capitol as he leaves the Hart Senate Office Building on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
 Former Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., stops to autograph a picture of the Capitol as he leaves the Hart Senate Office Building on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., greets Alice Treadway, 1, as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Alice's mother Joan Shipps, look on, during a news conference Thursday in the Capitol on the Child Care for Working Families Act, which focuses on affordable early learning and care. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Schumer greets Alice Treadway, 1, as Pelosi and Alice's mother Joan Shipps, look on during a news conference Thursday in the Capitol on the Child Care for Working Families Act. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)