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Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., comforts Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa., while taking cover in the House chamber as rioters disrupt the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote on January 6, 2021.

21 photos that defined 2021 on Capitol Hill

UNITED STATES - JANUARY 6: Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo.,  comforts Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa., while taking cover as rioters disrupt the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the year so far: Turbulent times

Workers remove security fencing surrounding the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Saturday. The fencing was erected following the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.

Photos of the week ending July 16, 2021

UNITED STATES - JULY 10: A cyclist puts up a fist to celebrate workers removing security fencing surrounding the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Saturday, July 10, 2021. The fencing was erected following the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Tear down this fence

UNITED STATES - JUNE 29: A House staffer carries fans through the Longworth House Office Building as temperature in Washington head into the mid-90s on Tuesday, June 29, 2021. (Photo by Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending July 2, 2021

UNITED STATES - JUNE 25: Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., and his dog Henry walk down the House steps of the Capitol after the last vote of the week on Friday, June 25, 2021. (Photo by Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending June 25, 2021

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center, House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., and other members attend the enrollment ceremony for the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act on June 17, 2021.

Photos of the week ending June 18, 2021

UNITED STATES - JUNE 10: Former Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., talks on his phone while sitting on hearing room chairs in the first floor hallway of the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Thursday, June 10, 2021.(Photo by Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending June 11, 2021

Graduating U.S Naval Academy midshipmen celebrate at the end of the academy's graduation and commissioning ceremony in Annapolis, Md., on May 28.

Photos of the week ending May 28, 2021

UNITED STATES - MAY 18: Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., gestures as he speaks with a reporter before the start of the Senate Republicans’ weekly lunch in the Russell Senate Office Building on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. (Photo by Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending May 21, 2021

UNITED STATES - May 19: A mockingbird loudly signs as Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C., left, and Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., joined by other members of the House Republican Israel Caucus, hold a news conference to discuss the conflict with Israel and Hamas in Washington on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Mocked members

UNITED STATES - May 17: A U.S. Park Police officer on horseback crosses 7th Street Northwest in Washington on Monday, May 17, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the day: Urban wildlife edition

A duck and ducklings sit along the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington on Monday.

Photos of the week ending May 14, 2021

UNITED STATES - May 13: Morgan, a service dog, stands up before the start of a news conference highlighting the passage of H.R. 1448, the Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers for Veterans Therapy Act in Washington on Thursday, May 13, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: PAWS

UNITED STATES - May 11: Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards talks with Rep.-elect Troy Carter, D-La., joined by and his wife, Army Reserve Brigadier General Ana Carter, before the start of in a mock swearing-in ceremony in the Rayburn Room in the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Carter is sworn in

UNITED STATES - May 10: Ducklings sit along the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington on Monday, May 10, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: A trip to the Mall

UNITED STATES - APRIL 28: Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talk before the start of President Joe Biden’s address to the joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, April 28. 4, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending April 30, 2021

UNITED STATES - APRIL 28: From left, Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., and Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., pose for a selfie photo in the visotr gallery before the start of President Joe Biden’s address to the joint session of Congress on Wednesday, April 28, 2021.(Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the day: Biden in prime time

UNITED STATES - APRIL 20: Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., left, hugs Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., in the Rayburn Room in the U.S. Capitol after the reading of guilty verdicts in the Derek Chauvin trial on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. The Congressional Black Caucus gathered in the Rayburn Room to watch the verdict before holding a press conference outside. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending April 23, 2021

UNITED STATES - April 22: A Union Station parking garage worker inspects an electric fixture as it sparks and smokes as Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg holds a news conference on electric vehicles in Washington on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Smokin’!

UNITED STATES - April 13: The casket of U.S. Capitol Police Officer William "Billy" Evans arrives to the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Evans was killed on April 2, 2021 in a violent incident at a security checkpoint on the Capitol grounds (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending April 16, 2021

UNITED STATES - MARCH 29: Visitors flock to the cherry blossoms along the tidal basin in Washington on Monday, March 29, 2021. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the day: Flower power

UNITED STATES - MARCH 25: Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., carries cowboy boots as he leaves the Capitol after the last vote before the the Easter recess on Thursday, March 25, 2021. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending March 26, 2021

UNITED STATES - March 25: A man dressed up as a plague doctor holds signs outside of the fencing on the East Front of the Capitol ahead of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology and the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce joint hearing on “Disinformation Nation: Social Media's Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation” in Washington on Thursday, March 25, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Plague doctor

UNITED STATES - March 24: Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., walks up the Senate steps as rain pours down in Washington on Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Soggy Senate

UNITED STATES - MARCH 13: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., speaks to reporters as Ward 6 DC Councilman Charles Allen, left, listens outside the U.S. Capitol security fencing about removing the fencing on Saturday, March 13, 2021. Dozens of Capitol Hill and DC residents held a protest at the fence on East Capitol Street to voice their displeasure with the security fence. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending March 19, 2021

UNITED STATES - March 17: Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., puts on a mask that reads “dignity” before the start of a news conference with other House Republican members on immigration in Washington on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Dignified

UNITED STATES - MARCH 10: From left, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., and Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., celebrate signing the American Rescue Plan Act at a bill enrollment ceremony on the West Front of the Capitol after the House passed the $1.9 trillion covid-19 relief package on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending March 12, 2021

UNITED STATES - March 11: Rep. Tom Malinowski, D-N.J., walks down the House steps of the Capitol with his dog, Otto, after a vote in Washington on Thursday, March 11, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the day: ‘He’s House trained’

UNITED STATES - MARCH 4: Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., shows his hand sanitizer that he carries as precaution to the coronavirus outbreak, to Reps. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., and Paul Tonko, D-N.Y., in the Rayburn Building subway on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

A COVID year in 5 photos

UNITED STATES - MARCH 04: Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, is seen on the House steps of the Capitol as members of the National Guard walk by on Thursday, March 4, 2021. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending March 5, 2021

Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa., walks with her dog, Zoey, as she walks down the House steps after a vote in Washington on Wednesday, March 3, 2021.

Photo of the day: Zoey

UNITED STATES - February 23: Members of Congress participate in a moment of silence for the 500,000 American lives lost to Covid-19 on the steps of the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending Feb. 26, 2021

UNITED STATES - February 23: Members of Congress participate in a moment of silence for the 500,000 American lives lost to Covid-19 on the steps of the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: 500,000

UNITED STATES - February 19: Marine One, with President Joe Biden on board, approaches the White House in Washington on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. Biden traveled to the Michigan plant where Pfizer Inc. is manufacturing its Covid-19 vaccine as his administration works to boost the number of shots delivered each day (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Marine One

A Capitol worker spreads deicing salt on the Senate steps during the impeachment trial in the Senate as sleet and freezing rain fall in Washington on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021.

Photos of the day: As D.C. freezes, impeachment comes to a close

UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 8: Lead impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., right, leads the impeachment managers through the Capitol Rotunda during their walkthrough on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021,  in advance of the start of the impeachment trial in the Senate tomorrow. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week: Second annual impeachment edition

A pro-conviction banner hangs over a bridge on North Capitol Street in Washington on Wednesday, the second day of former President Donald Trump’s  impeachment trial.

Photos of the day: Impeachment signs

UNITED STATES - February 9: A woman wheels a cart full of snacks through the Senate subway on the first day of former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. Trump is charged with “incitement of insurrection” after his supporters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to overturn November’s election result. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Something to snack on

The urn containing the remains of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick is carried out of the Capitol after lying in honor in the Rotunda on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending Feb. 5, 2021

UNITED STATES - January 31: People throw snowballs during a snowball fight, organized by the Washington DC Snowball Fight Association, on the National Mall in Washington on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the day: Winter came

UNITED STATES - JANUARY 25 : House Clerk Cheryl Johnson, Tim Blodgett, acting House Sergeant at Arms, impeachment managers Reps. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., Diana DeGette, D-Colo., David Cicilline, D-R.I., Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., Ted Lieu, D-Calif., Del. Stacey Plaskett, D-V.I., Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., Joe Neguse, D-Colo., walk through the Capitol’s Statuary Hall to deliver the article of impeachment for incitement of insurrection against former President Donald Trump to the Senate floor on Monday, January 25, 2021. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending Jan. 29, 2021

UNITED STATES - January 28: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives for her weekly news conference in the Capitol in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Speaker arrives

From left, Doug Emhoff, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Jill Biden and President-elect Joe Biden wave from the Capitol steps as they arrive for the inauguration. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending Jan. 22, 2021

President Joe Biden delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in as the 46th President of the United States by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on the West Front of the Capitol.

Photos of the day: Inauguration 2021

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds up the signed Article of Impeachment during the engrossment ceremony in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending Jan. 15, 2021

Members of the National Guard rest in the Rotunda on Wednesday.

Photos of the day: Resting on history

UNITED STATES - January 12: Officer Meghan O’Leary views a collection of signs thanking Capitol Police in the Cannon Tunnel after the insurrection in the Capitol the previous week, in Washington on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Thank you, USCP officers

Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., comforts Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa., while taking cover as rioters disrupt the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending January 8, 2021