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Photos of the week | September 26-October 2, 2025

From left, House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain of Michigan, Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., hold a news conference outside the Capitol on Wednesday, largely blaming Democrats for the partial government shutdown. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
From left, House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain of Michigan, Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., hold a news conference outside the Capitol on Wednesday, largely blaming Democrats for the partial government shutdown. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted October 3, 2025 at 8:43am

A partial government shutdown took effect in Congress and across the country as the fiscal year ended and both parties dug in their heels. Here are the images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists this week.

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., exits the Capitol on his way to a meeting on government funding with President Donald Trump and congressional leadership at the White House on Monday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., holds up a continuing resolution that would temporarily fund the government at a news conference outside the White House on Monday. Flanking Thune, from left, are Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Vice President JD Vance. Congressional leaders met with President Donald Trump and Vance to discuss the funding impasse ahead of the shutdown deadline. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks at a rally with members of the Democratic caucus on the House steps of the Capitol on Tuesday on to highlight how a government shutdown would negatively effect health care coverage. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
A sign advertises a government shutdown relief loan program outside of the United States Senate Federal Credit Union branch office in the Hart Senate Office Building on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., prepares to leave Senate Democrats’ lunch meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday, with less than 10 hours until the government shutdown would begin. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Passenger planes wait in line for take off at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va., on Wednesday morning. TSA agents and air traffic controllers remained on the job as the government shut down at midnight. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., arrive for a news conference with Republican House and Senate leaders outside the Capitol on Wednesday to discuss the shutdown. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
A news crew films near a sign indicating that the Capitol Visitor Center is closed due to the government shutdown on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
The ticket office window blinds are drawn, with sandbags lining the doors for the ferry to Fort Sumter in Charleston, S.C., on Thursday. The National Park Service, which operates the Fort Sumter National Monument in Charleston harbor, was forced to cease operations due to the government shutdown. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

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