The week of Oct. 11 as captured by Roll Call’s photojournalists
Alison Malone, right, and Marco Ruiz dance while waiting in line to enter the Supreme Court on first day of the new session of the court on Monday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Congress was still technically on recess, but there was plenty of action. The new session of the Supreme Court kicked off, marijuana activists held a rally, impeachment proceedings continued, and two members of Congress held a joint town hall meeting.
Anti-abortion protesters, with red tape over their mouths, stand in silent protest on the first day of the new session of the Supreme Court on Monday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff speaks to reporters in the Capitol after learning the State Department had blocked Ambassador Gordon Sondland from testifying to the committee on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)GOP Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio, right, Lee Zeldin of New York, left, and Scott Perry of Pennsylvania conclude remarks to the media in the Capitol Visitor Center after Gordon Sondland, U.S. ambassador to the European Union, was blocked by the State department from appearing for a deposition about President Trump’’s dealings with Ukraine on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)A marijuana activist vapes in front of a 51-foot inflatable joint during a rally at the Capitol to call on Congress pass cannabis reform legislation on Tuesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)Protesters block the street in front of the Supreme Court as it hears arguments on whether gay and transgender people are covered by a federal law barring employment discrimination on the basis of sex on Tuesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)A protester dressed up as Dorothy from the “Wizard of Oz” holds a sign in front of the Supreme Court as it hears arguments on whether gay and transgender people are covered by a federal law barring employment discrimination on the basis of sex on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)GOP Reps. Ben Cline left, and Denver Riggleman, both of Virginia, hold a joint town hall meeting at Central Virginia Community College in Bedford, Va., on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, before boarding Marine One. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch arrives to testify behind closed doors at the Capitol on Friday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
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