Photos of the Week: Graham Lies in Honor, Gun Control Bills and #Windmageddon
The week of Feb. 26 as captured by Roll Call's photographers
A Secret Service uniformed officer uses his foot to stop a trash can lid as it blows down Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House during the high winds warning in Washington on Friday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Also this week, Democratic leaders addressed gun control legislation during news conferences while a bipartisan group of lawmakers met with President Donald Trump on the same topic.
Here’s the entire week in photos:
Hilary O. Shelton, director of the NAACP’s Washington bureau, appears outside the Supreme Court on Monday in support of unions as the court hears arguments on a lawsuit filed by Illinois state worker Mark Janus. Janus says his rights are being violated by having to pay dues to a union he doesn’t support, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, center, and House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, left, arrive for a hearing titled “Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy” in Rayburn Building on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, leaves the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Speaker of the House Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., holds the door as he arrives for the House GOP leadership press conference following the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Actress Evan Rachel Wood testifies during the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Sexual Assault Survivors’ Rights on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
A protester is arrested on Tuesday near the Longworth Building office of Speaker Ryan while calling for passage of a clean Dream Act on behalf a undocumented black immigrants. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., boards the Senate subway to Russell Building in the basement of the Capitol on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Former Sen. Chuck Robb, D-Va., and his wife Lynda Johnson Robb, attend a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda as the late Rev. Billy Graham lies in honor on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Family members attend a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda as the late Rev. Billy Graham lies in honor on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
President Donald Trump touches the casket of the late Rev. Billy Graham as the body of Graham lies in honor in the Capitol Rotunda. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks with reporters outside of his office in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, D-Md., left, and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., talk in the Senate subway in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
A U.S. Capitol Police officer stands guard at Rev. Billy Graham’s casket as his body lies in honor in the Capitol Rotunda on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao greets Chairman John Barrasso, R-Wyo., before a Senate Environment and Public Works Senate Committee hearing in Dirksen Building titled “The Administration’s Framework for Rebuilding Infrastructure in America” on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, listens during the confirmation hearing for Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone, nominee to be NSA director and commander of U.S. Cyber Command, during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., concludes her weekly news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., holds a news conference on gun control legislation on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
A group of students with the Washington Workshops program brace against a gust of wind as they pose for a group photo in front of the White House during the high winds warning in Washington on Friday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
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