Photos of the Week: Pence Casts Historic Vote, Gorsuch to the Hill and Warren Reads King

By BILL CLARK and TOM WILLIAMS CQ Roll Call

A busy week in the Capitol was marked by several historic moments, including the first time a vice president has cast a tiebreaker vote on a cabinet nomination. The Senate, in protest of several of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees, was in session for more than two days . The late night session made headlines when Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren was silenced as she read a 1986 letter from Coretta Scott King about Attorney General Jeff Sessions .

Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch became a staple in the halls of Congress this week, making the rounds to many senators’ offices.

Here is the entire week in photos:

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise , R-La., leaves a news conference at the RNC after a meeting of the House Republican Conference on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) Vice President Mike Pence arrives at the Capitol to preside over the Senate and cast a tiebreaking vote on the confirmation of Betsy Devos to be secretary of Education on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell , R-Ky., walks back to his office following the vote to confirm Betsy Devos to be secretary of Education on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) Neil Gorsuch, Supreme Court nominee, meets with Sen. Heidi Heitkamp , D-N.D., in her Hart Building office on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) <img src="https://cdn.videos.rollcall.com/author/2017/02/warren_BC_078_020817.jpg?w=1024" alt="UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 8: Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a television interview with Katie Couric on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's decision to invoke a rule to silence her the night before during a debate of Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., nomination to be Attorney General. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)" /> On Wednesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren , D-Mass., speaks in a television interview with Katie Couric, after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell ‘s decision to invoke a rule to silence her during debate the night before. Warren was reading a 1986 letter written by Coretta Scott King about Jeff Sessions when he was being considered for another federal job. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) Vice President Mike Pence arrives in the House-side carriage entrance of the Capitol for a meeting, on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) <img src="https://cdn.videos.rollcall.com/author/2017/02/king_statue008_020817.jpg?w=1024" alt="UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 08: From left, Reps. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, Hank Johnson, D-Ga., Gwen Moore, D-Wis., Carol Shea-Porter, D-N.H., John Conyers, D-Mich., Jamie Raskin, D-Md., Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., and Lacy Clay, D-Mo., visit the statue of Martin Luther King, Jr., in the Capitol rotunda before going to the Senate floor to protest the silencing of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., February 8, 2017. Warren read a 1986 letter by Coretta Scott King against attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., when he was up for a federal judgeship. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)" /> From left, Reps. Steve Cohen , D-Tenn., Sheila Jackson Lee , D-Texas, Hank Johnson , D-Ga., Gwen Moore , D-Wis., Carol Shea-Porter , D-N.H., John Conyers, D-Mich., Jamie Raskin , D-Md., Rosa DeLauro , D-Conn., and Lacy Clay, D-Mo., visit the statue of Martin Luther King, Jr., in the Capitol Rotunda before going to the Senate floor to protest the silencing of Warren. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) On Thursday, Neil Gorsuch, Supreme Court justice nominee, meets with Sen. Susan Collins , R-Maine, in her Dirksen Building office. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer , D-N.Y., and Sen. Patty Murray , D-Wash., conduct a news conference in the Capitol to speak out against Labor Secretary nominee Andy Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) Attorney General Jeff Sessions , left, greets Sen. Orrin G. Hatch , R-Utah, during a mock swearing-in ceremony for Sen. Luther Strange , R-Ala., in the Capitol’s Old Senate Chamber on Thursday. Strange filled Sessions’ senate seat. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)