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Photos of the Week: Costumed Dogs and Taxes, Taxes, Taxes

The week of Oct. 30 as captured by Roll Call's photographers

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and MIDN Brigade Commander Austin Harmel, are seen on stage after McCain and former Sen. John Warner, R-Va., left, who was secretary of the Navy, addressed the Brigade of Midshipmen at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., on Monday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

By Bill Clark, Sara Wise and Tom Williams

Posted November 3, 2017 at 4:43pm

A busy Halloween day brought a parade of dogs as well as representatives of Twitter, Facebook and Google to the Capitol on Tuesday.

A North Korean defector joined a hearing of the Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday. And Thursday, the Republican tax overhaul proposal was unveiled.

Here’s the entire week in photos:

UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 30: Secretary of Defense James Mattis, left, and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson take their seats to testify during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on — Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson take their seats to testify during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on “The Authorizations for the Use of Military Force: Administration Perspective” on Monday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 31: Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore, is questioned by the media in the Capitol on October 31, 2017. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) — Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore is questioned by the media in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 31: From left, Colin Stretch, general counsel for Facebook, Sean Edgett, acting general counsel at Twitter, and Richard Salgado, director for information security and law enforcement matters at Google, are sworn into a Senate Judiciary Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee hearing in Hart Building titled — From left, Colin Stretch, general counsel for Facebook, Sean Edgett, acting general counsel at Twitter, and Richard Salgado, director for information security and law enforcement matters at Google, are sworn into a Senate Judiciary Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee hearing in Hart Building titled “Extremist Content and Russian Disinformation Online: Working with Tech to Find Solutions,” on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 31: Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., speaks to the cameras at the start of his meeting in the Capitol with conservative groups to discuss the tax reform plan on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) — Speaker of the House Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., speaks to the cameras at the start of his meeting in the Capitol with conservative groups to discuss the tax reform plan on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 31: Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., poses with the Game of Thrones dogs during his Halloween dog parade on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) — Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., poses with the Game of Thrones dogs during his Halloween dog parade on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 31: Aides for Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., from left, Lindsay Black, Marcie Kinzel, and Katie Waldman, are seen in their Halloween costumes in Hart Building on October 31, 2017. The three represent the 3 cows to 1 person population in Montana. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) — Aides for Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., from left, Lindsay Black, Marcie Kinzel, and Katie Waldman, are seen in their Halloween costumes in Hart Building on Tuesday. The three represent the three cows to one person population in Montana. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 1: Chairman Ed Royce, R-Calif., left, welcomes North Korean defector Thae Yong-ho, former North Korean Deputy Chief of Mission in the United Kingdom, to the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on — Chairman Ed Royce, R-Calif., left, greets North Korean defector Thae Yong-ho, former North Korean Deputy Chief of Mission in the United Kingdom, to the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on “An Insider’s Look at the North Korean Regime” on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Rep. Ruben Kihuen, D-Nev., holds a news conference with Las Vegas shooting survivors and Nevada Democrats at the Capitol on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, to call on House Judiciary chairman Bob Goodlatte to hold a hearing and examine the use and legality of “bump stocks.” (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) — Rep. Ruben Kihuen, D-Nev., holds a news conference with Las Vegas shooting survivors and Nevada Democrats at the Capitol on Wednesday to call on House Judiciary chairman Bob Goodlatte to hold a hearing and examine the use and legality of “bump stocks.” (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 01: Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., attends a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Dirksen Building on Export-Import Bank nominations on November 1, 2017. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) — Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., attends a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Dirksen Building on Export-Import Bank nominations on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 2: Every Thursday Rita Warren, aka Jesus Lady, sets up a mannequin dressed as Jesus at the Capitol. One of her helps is shown wheeling the mannequin to the Capitol on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) — Every Thursday Rita Warren, also known as the Jesus Lady, sets up a mannequin dressed as Jesus at the Capitol. One of her helpers is shown wheeling the mannequin to the Capitol on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 2: Tourists enter the Capitol Rotunda in the Capitol on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) — Tourists enter the Capitol Rotunda in the Capitol on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 02: House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, briefs the media in Longworth Building on the Republicans' tax reform plan on November 2, 2017. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) — House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, briefs the media in Longworth Building on the Republicans’ tax reform plan on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 03: From left, Seilah Tappin, 7, of Bethesda, Md., her twin sister Shiloh, and friend Dani Hebron, 7, attend a news conference in the Capitol with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., to voice opposition to the Republicans' tax reform plan on November 3, 2017. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) — From left, Seilah Tappin, 7, of Bethesda, Md., her twin sister Shiloh, and friend Dani Hebron, 7, attend a news conference in the Capitol with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., to voice opposition to the Republicans’ tax reform plan on Friday. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 3: Fall leaves decorate the Capitol on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) — Fall leaves decorate the Capitol on Friday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Rep. John Katko, R-N.Y., walks up the House steps for votes in the Capitol on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) — Rep. John Katko, R-N.Y., walks up the House steps for votes in the Capitol on Friday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

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