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Photos of the Week: Amid impeachment battle, members pay respect to Cummings

The week of Oct. 25 as captured by Roll Call’s photojournalists

House Judiciary Committee members, from left, Reps. David Cicilline, D-R.I., Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Joe Neguse, D-Colo., arrive for the House Democrats’ caucus meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday morning. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
House Judiciary Committee members, from left, Reps. David Cicilline, D-R.I., Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Joe Neguse, D-Colo., arrive for the House Democrats’ caucus meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday morning. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
By Bill Clark
Posted October 25, 2019 at 10:45am

This week the Capitol was consumed with impeachment depositions, the storming of the SCIF, and a guy named Zuckerberg.

But the partisan sides were able to come together, briefly, to honor the lives of Rep. Elijah Cummings and Sen. Ted Stevens.

UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 22: Bill Taylor, the acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, arrives to the Capitol for a deposition related to the House's impeachment inquiry on Tuesday, October 22, 2019. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call),
Bill Taylor, the acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, arrives at the Capitol for his deposition related to the House’s impeachment inquiry on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 23: The view Mark Zuckerberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Facebook, will have during the House Financial Services hearing on ÒAn Examination of Facebook and Its Impact on the Financial Services and Housing SectorsÓ on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Mark Zuckerberg’s view for his appearance before the House Financial Services Facebook hearing on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 23: Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., at podium, speaks during a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center outside the Laura Cooper, deputy assistant secretary of defense, deposition related to the House's impeachment inquiry on Wednesday, October 23, 2019. The Republican members were calling for access to the deposition. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., at podium, speaks along with fellow Republicans outside the Secure Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) in the Capitol Visitor Center, where Laura Cooper, deputy assistant secretary of Defense, was to give a deposition related to the House’s impeachment inquiry on Wednesday. The Republican members were calling for access to the transcripts and testimony from the investigation. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 23: Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Brett McGurk, off camera, former special envoy to counter ISIS, make their way to the Democratic luncheon in the Capitol on Wednesday, October 23, 2019. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Brett McGurk, off camera, former special envoy to counter ISIS, leave Schumer’s office on their way to the Democrats’ lunch in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 23: House Transportation Committee chairman Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., speaks to a reporter in his office in the Rayburn House Office Building on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
House Transportation Committee chairman Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., talks about air travel in his office in the Rayburn House Office Building on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 23: Catherine Stevens, far left, the widow of the late Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, attends the portrait unveiling for the Senator, with family members Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., right, and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., in the Old Senate Chamber on Wednesday, October 23, 2019. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call),
Catherine Stevens, far left, the widow of the late Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, attends a portrait unveiling for the senator with family members and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., right, and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., in the Old Senate Chamber on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 24: Rep. Elijah CummingsÕ widow Maya Rockeymoore and family members look on as the flag-draped casket of Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., is carried by members of the honor guard up the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019. (POOL Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Elijah Cummings‘ widow Maya Rockeymoore Cummings and family members look on as Cummings’ casket is carried by members of the honor guard up the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Thursday. Cummings was the first black lawmaker to lie in state in the Capitol. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 24: The casket of the late Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., is carried through the Capitol Rotunda to Statuary Hall for a memorial service on Thursday October 24, 2019. His remains will lie in state outside the House Chamber. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call),
Cummings’ casket is carried through the Capitol Rotunda to Statuary Hall for a memorial service on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 24: Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., holds a press conference on the impeachment of President Donald Trump on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., holds a press conference on the impeachment of President Donald Trump on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

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