Photos of the day: Resting on history

By Caroline Brehman

Posted January 13, 2021 at 4:48pm

Members of the National Guard rest in the Rotunda Wednesday morning before the House vote to impeach President Donald Trump.

Troops have been deployed to defend the building after a pro-Trump insurrectionist mob breached the security of the Capitol last Wednesday.

The House voted 232-197 Wednesday afternoon for a single article of impeachment charging Trump with “incitement of insurrection” for encouraging his supporters who attacked the Capitol.

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McCarthy promises ‘punishment’ over Bowman fire alarm before vote

Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is seen in the Capitol Friday.

Shutdown averted as Biden signs seven-week spending bill

Texas Republican Rep. Daniel Crenshaw talks with reporters outside the Capitol on Friday.

Stopgap funding bills hung up in both chambers

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks to reporters on the House steps after she voted against a short-term spending bill on Friday.

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Republicans on the House Oversight Committee watched their own witnesses undercut the first Biden impeachment hearing this week.

Taking it to the limit — Congressional Hits and Misses

Sens. Charles E. Grassley and Dianne Feinstein — at the time the chairman and ranking Democrat, respectively — listen to Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testify during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Supreme Court nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh in 2020.

Heard on the Hill