Posted November 15, 2019 at 12:13pm
It wasn’t just another week in Washington. Veterans were remembered, the Supreme Court heard the DACA case, and the start of the public impeachment hearings highlight our photos of the week.
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton , D-D.C., center, receives the “DC Statehood Freedom Award” for her work fighting for D.C. equality at a rally sponsored by Veterans for D.C. Statehood on Veterans Day at Freedom Plaza. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call) DACA recipients, including Jirayut “New” Latthivongskorn, left, Carolina Fung Geng, third from left, plaintiff Martin Batalla Vidal, center, and Eliana Fernández, third from right, hold their fists in the air before entering the Supreme Court on Tuesday. The court heard arguments on the Trump administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) From left, Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard , D-Calif., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer , D-N.Y., Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi , D-Calif., and Rep. Joaquin Castro , D-Texas, march to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell ’s office in the Capitol to deliver a poster of the American Dream and Promise Act on Tuesday. The march from the House side of the Capitol followed the Democrats’ news conference on the Supreme Court’s oral arguments on the Trump administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program earlier in the day. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) Drag queen Pissi Myles arrives for the House Intelligence Committee hearing on the impeachment inquiry of President Trump outside of the Longworth Building on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call) Career Foreign Service officer George Kent arrives for the House Intelligence Committee hearing on the impeachment inquiry of President Trump in the Longworth Building on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call) William Taylor, the senior U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, and George Kent, deputy assistant secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, are sworn in to the House Intelligence Committee hearing on the impeachment inquiry of President Trump on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) William Taylor, charge d’affaires for the State Department in Ukraine, leaves the hearing room after testifying in the House Intelligence Committee hearing on the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) The sun sets over the Capitol dome Thursday evening. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch takes her seat for the House Intelligence Committee hearing on the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on Friday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)