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Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., is seen in the Capitol.

The color of money, 2022 midterm edition

By Jason Dick, Kate Ackley and Evan Campbell
Posted February 2, 2022 at 2:59pm
From left, Reps. Frederica Wilson, Jackie Speier, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, and then-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi attend a ceremony in the Capitol on Nov. 15, 2017, to name the House Democratic Cloakroom in honor of Giffords and the late Rep. Leo Ryan, who were victims of gun violence. Speier was wounded in the 1978 Jonestown massacre that claimed the life of Ryan, her boss, and Giffords was wounded in a 2011 Tucson, Ariz., shooting.

‘I’m not going to be bullied out of here’ — members of Congress react to death threats

By Jason Dick, Jim Saksa and Evan Campbell
Posted January 27, 2022 at 8:00am
An immigration activist attends a rally outside the Supreme Court on Dec. 17, 2021.

Reshaping society, the Supreme Court way

By Jason Dick, Todd Ruger and Evan Campbell
Posted January 19, 2022 at 5:45pm
A “Let’s Go Brandon” flag is seen in Wyoming County, Pa. The saying is a way of cursing President Joe Biden.

Timothy Snyder: Voting rights an ‘existential question’ facing America

By Jason Dick and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted January 12, 2022 at 4:13pm
Security barricades the door of the House chamber on Jan. 6, 2021, as pro-Trump rioters disrupt the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote. Reps. Troy Nehls of Texas, blue shirt, and Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, right, are also pictured.

Jan. 6, 2021: In their own words

By Jason Dick, Bill Clark, Tom Williams, Chris Cioffi, Evan Campbell and Joanne Levine
Posted January 6, 2022 at 6:00am
The Capitol dome and the Capitol Christmas Tree are reflected in the Capitol Reflecting Pool in Washington at sunrise on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021.

The 2021 Political Theater year in review

By Jason Dick, Evan Campbell and Joanne Levine
Posted December 22, 2021 at 3:38pm
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. The image says a lot about the year that was, and is one of CQ Roll Call's photos of the year.

Images are everything: Our photographers on a momentous year

By Jason Dick, Tom Williams, Bill Clark and Evan Campbell
Posted December 15, 2021 at 7:00am
A surge in respiratory illnesses has pediatric groups begging President Joe Biden and Congress to provide the resources to help them better respond.

From COVID-19’s first wave to now, what we have learned

By Jason Dick, Rebecca Adams and Evan Campbell
Posted December 8, 2021 at 3:20pm
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen, probably thinking about the debt ceiling fights that never seem to end.

Coal in your legislative stockings

By Jason Dick, Niels Lesniewski, Bridget Bowman and Evan Campbell
Posted December 2, 2021 at 2:53pm
Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego discusses his new book on the latest Political Theater podcast.

Ruben Gallego’s ‘warts and all’ account of life and death

By Jason Dick, Jim Saksa and Evan Campbell
Posted November 23, 2021 at 2:04pm