The week of Sept. 24 as captured by Roll Call’s photographers
A group of women are arrested after sitting-in on First Street outside of the Supreme Court as nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call)
The U.S. Capitol dome is seen through rain drops pooled on the skylight to the Capitol Visitor Center on Monday. ( ]Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., makes his way through reporters and staff in the Capitol after the Senate policy luncheons on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Sens. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., background, and Bob Menendez, D-N.J., are seen in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Denzel Washington meets with Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., in Dirksen Building on Tuesday to advocate for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. The organization’s National Youth of the Year Celebration was held that night at the National Building Museum. Washington was a member of the club as a child. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Reps. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., and Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, release butterflies into the air as part of an event hosted by The Congressional Pollinator Protection Caucus on Tuesday. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., walks up the House steps for a vote in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
A note of encouragement for Christine Blasey Ford appears on a pad in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing room on Wednesday, in the Dirksen Building before her testimony about alleged sexual misconduct by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Jason Lewis, R-Minn., leaves the House Republican Conference meeting on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Ford is sworn in on Thursday morning. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Watch: Christine Blasey Ford’s Full Opening Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee
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Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., listen as Ford testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Joy Gerhard, of Seattle, cries in the Hart Senate Office Building atrium as she listens on her phone to Ford testify on the alleged sexual assault by Kavanaugh. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call)
Ford, flanked by attorneys Debra Katz (L) and Michael Bromwich, testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/POOL)
A tears runs down the cheek of Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., as Ford testifies. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/POOL)
Rachel Mitchell, counsel for Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans, questions Ford as Sens., from left, Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., Ben Sasse, R-Neb., Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Mike Lee, R-Utah., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, listen. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Kavanaugh is sworn in Thursday afternoon. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., points at the Democrats as he defends Kavanaugh. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Senate Democrats and protesters gather outside of the Supreme Court on Friday. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-Calif., takes a selfie with Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-Texas, on the House steps of the Capitol after the final votes of the week on Friday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
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