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Photos of the Week: Groundhog Day edition

The week ending Jan. 31 as captured by Roll Call’s photojournalists

Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander enters the Capitol on Saturday for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander enters the Capitol on Saturday for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

This is our Groundhog Day edition of Photos of the Week. If senators emerge from their burrows and see their shadow, there will be six more weeks of impeachment. But like the movie “Groundhog Day,” we are going to make you relive this week all over again and again.

UNITED STATES - JANUARY 27: Kenneth Starr, a member of President Donbald Trump’s impeachment legal team, arrives in the Capitol for the start of the Senate impeachment trial proceedings on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. Starr was the independent counsel whose investigation helped lead to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Kenneth Starr, a member of Trump’s impeachment legal team, arrives in the Capitol on Monday for the start of the Senate impeachment trial proceedings. Starr was the independent counsel whose investigation helped lead to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton in 1998. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 27: Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., grabs a brown bag with her name on it from an aide as she walks through the Senate Reception Room to the Senate chamber for the start of the Senate impeachment trial proceedings on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith grabs a brown bag with her name on it from an aide as she walks through the Senate Reception Room to the Senate chamber on Monday for the start of  impeachment trial proceedings. The Democrat informed us that the bag contained honey for her tea to help with her cough. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 27: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., tells reporters to ask questions one at a time during a news conference during a break in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer tells reporters to ask questions one at a time at a news conference during a break in the impeachment trial on Monday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 28: Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., speaks with reporters through the closing elevator doors before the start of the Senate impeachment trial proceedings on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis speaks with reporters through the closing elevator doors Tuesday before the start of the Senate impeachment trial proceedings. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 28: Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks with reporters before the start of the Senate impeachment trial proceedings on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks with reporters Tuesday before the start of the impeachment trial proceedings. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 28: Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, talks with reporters in the senate subway before the continuation of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on Tuesday, January 28, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Utah Sen. Mitt Romney talks with reporters in the Senate subway Tuesday before the continuation of the impeachment trial. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 28: Reporters crowd around Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., in the hallway just off the Rotunda as he leaves the Senate Republicans’ caucus meeting to discuss witnesses for the Senate impeachment trial proceedings on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Reporters crowd around Graham in the hallway just off the Rotunda on Tuesday as he leaves a Senate Republicans’ caucus meeting to discuss witnesses for the Senate impeachment trial. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 28: Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks with reporters in the Senate subway as she leaves the Senate Republicans’ caucus meeting to discuss witnesses for the Senate impeachment trial proceedings on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski speaks with reporters in the Senate subway on Tuesday as she leaves the same Senate GOP caucus meeting. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 29: Lev Parnas, a Rudy Giuliani associate with ties to Ukraine, waits in the office of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to pick up his ticket to attend the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
Lev Parnas, a Rudy Giuliani associate with ties to Ukraine, waits in Schumer’s office on Wednesday to pick up his gallery ticket to attend the impeachment trial. But his court-ordered GPS ankle bracelet later prevented him from watching the trial from the visitor gallery. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 29: Alan Dershowitz, an attorney for President Donald Trump, arrives to the Capitol before the continuation of the impeachment trial of Trump on Wednesday, January 29, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Alan Dershowitz, who is part of Trump’s legal team, arrives in the Capitol on Wednesday before the continuation of the impeachment trial. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 29: Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., arrives to the Senate carriage entrance of the Capitol before the continuation of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on Wednesday, January 29, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
California Sen. Kamala Harris enters the Senate carriage entrance of the Capitol on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 29: Demonstrators calling for witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, assemble on the East Front of the Capitol on Wednesday, January 29, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Demonstrators calling for witnesses in the impeachment trial assemble on the East Front of the Capitol on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 30: Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., right, arrives to the Capitol before the continuation of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on Thursday, January 30, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, right, arrives in the Capitol for Thursday’s session of the impeachment trial. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 30: A staffer carries multiple binders as he walks through the Senate Reception Room before the continuation of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
A staffer carries multiple binders as he walks through the Senate Reception Room before the start of the impeachment trial on Thursday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 30: Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, arrives for the continuation of the Senate Impeachment Trial of President Donald Trump on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
Maine Sen. Susan Collins arrives for Thursday’s sessions of the impeachment trial. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

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