Photos of the week ending May 6, 2022

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams

Posted May 6, 2022 at 11:51am

The Supreme Court and the Senate took center stage this week while the House stayed home. CQ Roll Call photojournalists were there to capture the action, with the best photos of the week presented here.

Capitol Police officers give a tour of the Russell Senate Office Building to new contract security officers on Monday. The use of contract security officers began this week as part of a new program to help alleviate staffing shortages within the Capitol Police. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., center, Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., left, and other Senate Democrats address the media on Tuesday about the leaked draft opinion indicating that the Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, sprints to board the Senate subway in the Capitol as the doors close on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Chairman Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., enters the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing roomin the Dirksen building on Thursday for a hearing on the Department of Energy’s budget request for fiscal 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

An anti-abortion protester walks by riot fencing surrounding the Supreme Court on Thursday. The fence was erected overnight in anticipation of ongoing protests following the leaked draft opinion indicating that the court will overturn Roe v. Wade. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Riot fencing surrounds the Supreme Court in Washington on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Surge in veterans’ brain injuries shown in VA records

Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pa., at the House Energy and Commerce Committee meeting to organize for the 115th Congress on Jan. 24, 2017.

Former Rep. Tim Murphy dies at age 73

Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, here at a rally in Portland on May 1, appears poised to clinch the Democratic nomination for Senate. (Graeme Sloan/Getty Images)

Troy Jackson on track to replace Platner as Democratic Senate nominee in Maine

South Carolina Sen. Darline Graham, left, here making her way to a vote Thursday with Alabama Sen. Katie Britt, says she will seek a full Senate term. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Darline Graham will seek a full term for late brother’s seat in South Carolina

The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta. The Office of Management and Budget late last week told the CDC that it will not renew $46 million in funding for the 96 community-based organizations to provide HIV testing, linkage to care, referrals for pre- and post-exposure drug treatment and outbreak response.

Trump administration puts kibosh on HIV prevention funding

Alabama Rep. Shomari Figures' seat is on the NRCC's target list. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Heard on the Hill