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Photos of the Week: Back on the Hill Again

The week of Sept. 3 as captured by Roll Call’s photographers

Brett Kavanaugh, nominee to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court, testifies before members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 6. (Photo By Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call)
Brett Kavanaugh, nominee to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court, testifies before members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 6. (Photo By Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call)

The week began with a solemn yet powerful tribute to Sen. John McCain at the Washington National Cathedral on Saturday before he was laid to rest on Sunday in Maryland at the Naval Academy.

On Tuesday, both chambers were back on the Hill and focus turned in the Senate to the three-day-long hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, who sat for hours and hours of questioning on Wednesday and Thursday. The protests for this nominee were plentiful.

Here’s the entire week in photos:

UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 1: Cindy McCain, the wife of the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and their son, Jimmy, follow an Honor Guard carrying his casket out of the Washington National Cathedral after his funeral on September 1, 2018. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Cindy McCain, the wife of the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and their son, Jimmy, follow an Honor Guard carrying his casket out of the Washington National Cathedral after his funeral on Saturday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

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UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 1: Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and his wife, Tracy, are seen after the funeral of the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., at the Washington National Cathedral on September 1, 2018. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and his wife, Tracy, are seen after McCain’s funeral on Saturday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 04: Ranking member Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., makes a statement as Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, second from right, and White House counsel Don McGahn, left, look on, during the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in Hart Building on September 4, 2018. The hearing was delayed by motions to adjourn by Democratic senators and protesters. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Ranking member Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., makes a statement as Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, second from right, and White House counsel Don McGahn, left, look on, during the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in Hart Building on Tuesday. The hearing was delayed by motions to adjourn by Democratic senators and protesters. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES – SEPT 4: A protester is removed by Capitol police during the hearing of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building Tuesday Sept. 4, 2018. (Photo By Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call)
A protester is removed by Capitol police during the first day of Kavanaugh’s hearing. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 4: Photographers use monopods to get an overhead view as Brett Kavanaugh arrives for his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on Tuesday morning, Sept. 4, 2018. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Photographers use monopods to get an overhead view as Brett Kavanaugh arrives for his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on Tuesday morning. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
 Former Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., left, walks with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to the Senate floor in the Capitol to be sworn in as the Senator to fill Sen. John McCain's seat on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Former Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., left, walks with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to the Senate floor in the Capitol to be sworn in as the Senator to fill Sen. John McCain’s seat on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 05: Alex Jones of Infowars, holds a news conference in Dirksen Building outside a Senate (Select) Intelligence Committee hearing where Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO, and Jack Dorsey, Twitter CEO, were testifying on the influence of foreign operations on social media on September 5, 2018. Jones has recently been banned from social media platforms. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Alex Jones of Infowars, holds a news conference in Dirksen Building outside a Senate (Select) Intelligence Committee hearing where Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO, and Jack Dorsey, Twitter CEO, were testifying on the influence of foreign operations on social media on Wednesday. Jones has recently been banned from social media platforms. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 05: Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO, greets Vice Chairman Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., left, and Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., after a Senate (Select) Intelligence Committee hearing in Dirksen Building where she and Jack Dorsey, Twitter CEO, testified on the influence of foreign operations on social media on September 5, 2018. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Sandberg greets Vice Chairman Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., left, and Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., after a Senate (Select) Intelligence Committee hearing in Dirksen Building. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 06: Protesters, including Breanne Butler, standing, occupy the Hart Building office of Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, to oppose the nomination of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on September 6, 2018. Some protesters cited personal health care issues and are afraid of Kavanaugh's views on the Affordable Care Act. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Protesters, including Breanne Butler, standing, occupy the Hart Building office of Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, to oppose the nomination of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday. Some protesters cited personal health care issues and say they are afraid of Kavanaugh’s views on the Affordable Care Act. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 6: Brett Kavanaugh adjusts his nameplate as he takes his seat for day three of his confirmation hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on Thursday morning, Sept. 6, 2018. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Kavanaugh adjusts his nameplate as he takes his seat for day three of his confirmation hearing on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 06: Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., talks with reporters after a vote in the Capitol before he returned the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on September 6, 2018. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., talks with reporters after a vote in the Capitol before he returned the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 6: Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., left, and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, talk during the press conference calling on President Trump to declassify the Carter Page FISA applications on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., left, and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, talk during the press conference calling on President Donald Trump to declassify the Carter Page FISA applications on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

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