Congress returned to Washington this week for the first time since September. New member orientation as well as GOP leadership elections highlighted the week.
Army veteran Cooper Thomas of Sylacauga, Ala., pays respects to men he served with in the Air Defense Artillery at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Monday, which was Veterans Day. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Rep.-elect Sam T. Liccardo, D-Calif., talks with the media on Tuesday outside the AC Hotel on Capitol Hill as new members arrived for orientation week. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)From left, National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Richard Hudson, R-N.C., House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., hold a post-election news conference outside the Capitol on Tuesday, when it became clear that Republicans would maintain the House majority next year. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Vice President-elect JD Vance arrives for the Senate Republican leadership election in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., the incoming Senate majority leader, shakes hands with incoming National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair Tim Scott, R-S.C., after the Republican leadership election in the Capitol on Wednesday. Also appearing are, from left, incoming Republican Conference Vice Chair James Lankford, R-Okla., Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Policy Committee Chair Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Conference Chair Tom Cotton, R-Ark. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., listens as others speak during Senate Democrats’ weekly news conference in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., talks with reporters about the nomination of former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., to be attorney general, outside a Senate Judiciary Committee markup on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)A reporter takes a picture of the name plate of former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., in the Rayburn building on Thursday. Gaetz resigned from Congress after President-elect Donald Trump announced he would nominate him to be attorney general. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, talks with reporters before a vote in the Capitol on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Lance Cpl. Chesty XVI, the mascot of the Marine Corps, walks through the Senate subway in the Capitol on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)From left, Reps.-elect Laura Friedman, D-Calif., Eugene Vindman, D-Va., and Wesley Bell, D-Mo., take a selfie on the House steps after the freshman members of Congress posed for their class photo on Friday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Recent Stories
Final election results show House Democrats gained a net of one seat
Here’s how the media missed the story, from joy to democracy
Rep. Andy Kim finds ‘shell shock’ among South Korean contacts over martial law
Helmy to resign on Dec. 8, allowing Andy Kim to take Senate seat early
Senate Democrats approve leadership team for new Congress
Supreme Court to hear arguments on youth transgender care ban
