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Photos of the week ending September 27, 2024

The statue of country music legend Johnny Cash is unveiled during a ceremony in Emancipation Hall on Tuesday. His daughter Rosanne Cash appears to the left of the statue, and Arkansas GOP Rep. Bruce Westerman is at right.
The statue of country music legend Johnny Cash is unveiled during a ceremony in Emancipation Hall on Tuesday. His daughter Rosanne Cash appears to the left of the statue, and Arkansas GOP Rep. Bruce Westerman is at right. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted September 27, 2024 at 12:17pm

This week, members of Congress played their annual game of “kick the government funding can” before they walked the line right out of town for their campaign recess. Speaking of walking the line, the Johnny Cash statue was unveiled in the Capitol. CQ Roll Call photojournalists were there to capture the action.

Speaker Mike Johnson leaves the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
A man dressed as Mr. Monopoly sits behind SEC Chairman Gary Gensler during a House Financial Services Committee hearing titled “Oversight of the Securities and Exchange Commission” on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
New York Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi films a selfie video outside the Capitol on Wednesday after the House voted to fund the government into December. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, is escorted by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, left, and Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer to his meeting with senators in the Capitol on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. Madeleine Dean speaks during a hearing of the Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump in the Longworth House Office Building on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

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