Taxes once again dominated action on the Hill, with the Senate Finance Committee marking up its plan while the House passed its version of a tax overhaul by a 227-205 vote Thursday.
Here’s the entire week in photos:
Congress’ newest member, Republican Rep. John Curtis of Utah, participates in a swearing-in ceremony in the Capitol on Monday with Speaker Paul D. Ryan. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
A juvenile red-tailed hawk flies off with a squirrel breakfast in Upper Senate Park near the Capitol on Monday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
The U.S. Capitol as seen from the east plaza on Monday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Texas Rep. Blake Farenthold takes a picture during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in the Rayburn Building on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer speaks with the media Tuesday after the weekly Senate policy lunch in the Capitol. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Arizona Sen. John McCain leaves the Republican Senate policy lunch Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Aides clean up after a Tuesday news conference conducted by Speaker Paul D. Ryan and GOP leaders. Ryan used boxes filled with tax overhaul petitions as a backdrop for the event. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Attorney General Jeff Sessions greets Farenthold, second from right, and South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy, left, as he arrives Tuesday to testify before the House Judiciary Committee. During the hearing, Sessions fielded questions on immigration and Russian meddling in the 2016 election. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown speaks with reporters in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett, a nominee for the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, wipes his brow during his Senate Judiciary confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Building on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Visitors walk through the Journey Through the Hebrew Bible area of the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. The new museum, $500 million in the making, opens to the public this weekend. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords poses outside the House Democratic Cloakroom in the Capitol as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi looks on. The room was named in honor of Giffords and the late California Rep. Leo J. Ryan, both of whom were victims of gun violence. Ryan was killed in the 1978 Jonestown massacre in Guyana, while Giffords was wounded in the 2011 Tucson shooting. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
From left, Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Senate Finance ranking member Ron Wyden, Chairman Orrin G. Hatch and Iowa Sen. Charles E. Grassley participate in the committee markup of the GOP tax bill Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
North Carolina Rep. Richard Hudson, right, gives Georgia Rep. Tom Graves bunny ears as they make their way to a meeting with President Donald Trump and the House Republican Conference in the Capitol on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Trump makes a brief statement to the media as Ryan and White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, right, look on. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Virginia Rep. Barbara Comstock speaks with reporters as she leaves the Capitol following passage of the House GOP tax overhaul. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Recent Stories
Rep. Bishop picked for No. 2 slot in Trump OMB after statewide loss
Senate Democrats air concerns about Trump mass deportation plan
McConnell suffers minor injuries in fall
Don’t count out Roy Cooper in 2026
DOJ watchdog review sparks change to policy on lawmaker records
Supreme Court sounds ready to curb environmental impact reviews
