Photos of the week | May 2-May 8, 2025

Heard on the Hill

Photos of the week | May 2-May 8, 2025

House Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., listens as ranking member Jared Huffman, D-Calif., speaks with the aid of a “wreck-onciliation” poster during a markup of budget reconciliation legislation on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams

Posted May 9, 2025 at 9:48am

House Republicans continued their work on a budget reconciliation bill this week as Cabinet secretaries flocked to the Hill to justify their budget requests. CQ Roll Call photojournalists were there to capture the action.

Rep. Joseph D. Morelle, D-N.Y., speaks Tuesday at a rally outside the Capitol to support research and policies for breast cancer treatment that are at risk from proposed Medicaid cuts. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem greets Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., on Tuesday as she arrives to testify to the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., on Tuesday leaves the stage after a news conference in the Capitol on Medicaid and SNAP cuts proposed in Republicans’ reconciliation process. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., takes questions at a news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., leaves a lunch meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Sens. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., talk in the Ohio Clock Corridor of the Capitol on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Ranking member Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., left, and Chairman French Hill, R-Ark., arrive for a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

House Budget Chairman Jodey C. Arrington, R-Texas, left, speaks with Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, during a hearing in the Cannon building on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent arrives for a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Reps. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., right, and Eli Crane, R-Ariz., leave the Capitol after the last votes of the week on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, testifies at a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on artificial intelligence in the Hart Senate Office Building on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

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