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Photos of the week ending November 22, 2024

A jet flies in front of the moon rising over the Capitol dome on Saturday night. The weekend’s full moon, also known as the Beaver Moon, was the final supermoon of the year. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
A jet flies in front of the moon rising over the Capitol dome on Saturday night. The weekend’s full moon, also known as the Beaver Moon, was the final supermoon of the year. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted November 22, 2024 at 10:13am

The office lottery for new members, the Matt Gaetz in-and-out saga and the last supermoon of the year highlighted the action at the Capitol this week. CQ Roll Call photojournalists were there to capture the action.

The Iowa House delegation, from left, Randy Feenstra, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Zach Nunn and Ashley Hinson, arrive for the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday morning. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., fist-bumps a staffer as he leaves Senate Republicans’ lunch in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell testifies Wednesday at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on disaster funding needs. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
A reporter takes a selfie as Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Calif., arrives at the House Ethics Committee room to vote on releasing the committee’s report on allegations against former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., on Wednesday. The committee ultimately deadlocked on releasing the report, but Gaetz withdrew from consideration the next day. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., passes out water to reporters staking out the House Ethics Committee offices in the Longworth House Office Building on Wednesday., (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., right, nominee to be attorney general, and Vice President-elect JD Vance leave the Capitol after meetings with senators on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Rep.-elect Laura Gillen, D-N.Y., reacts after drawing the No. 1 chip during the room lottery for office space at the Capitol on Thursday. Every two years, the lottery determines the office locations for incoming freshman lawmakers. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Rep.-elect Sam Liccardo, D-Calif., is seen after drawing the No. 47 chip during the room lottery for office space at the Capitol on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

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