The impeachment inquiry, Columbus Day, and the Stanley Cup’s appearance on the hill were all overshadowed by the loss of Maryland Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings.
The Knights of Columbus Color Corps gathers to participate in the annual Columbus Day ceremony at the Columbus Memorial Fountain in front of Union Station in Washington on Monday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., leaves the deposition of George Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian Affairs, in the Capitol Visitor Center as part of the House's impeachment inquiry on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., talks with reporters after a meeting of the House Democratic Caucus in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)From left, Reps. Andy Harris, R-Md., Steve King, R-Iowa, Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., Debbie Lesko, R-Ariz., and Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, pose for a picture after being denied entrance to the deposition and access to the transcripts related to the House impeachment inquiry in the Capitol Visitor Center on Wednesday. Michael McKinley, a former State Department adviser, and Kurt Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine, were being deposed inside. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., departs from a press conference after the Senate Republicans’ lunch in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., escort the Stanley Cup to the Kennedy Caucus Room in the Russell Senate Office Building on Wednesday. The St. Louis Blues won the cup this year. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Gordon Sondland, U.S. ambassador to the European Union, arrives at the Capitol for his deposition as part of the House's impeachment inquiry on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)From left, Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., fist bump as they arrive for a news conference in Capitol on the Countering Turkish Aggression Act of 2019 on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, boards an elevator after speaking about Turkey and Syria on the Senate floor on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Rep. Pete Olson, R-Texas, poses in front of the Sam Houston statue in Statuary Hall wearing his Houston Astros jersey after the last House votes of the week on Friday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Actor Sam Waterston is arrested by U.S. Capitol Police along with Jane Fonda and other climate activists after blocking the street in front of the Library of Congress on Friday. The weekly Friday protest calls for action on the Green New Deal. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
