Heard On The Hill · 118th Congress
Capitol Lens | SOTU flashback
Seven years ago today: President Barack Obama enters the House chamber for his final State of the Union address on Jan. 12, 2016.
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Seven years ago today: President Barack Obama enters the House chamber for his final State of the Union address on Jan. 12, 2016.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy is haloed by bokeh lens effect as he conducts a news conference in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall on Thursday.
Nose-pickers and gossipers do their business in Congress unobserved. Do they want everyone at home to see their unscripted moments?
Peter DeFazio says he is leaving Congress with a self-diagnosed addiction to transportation policy.
Rep. Katie Porter of California shows her book to Rep. Sean Casten of Illinois during GOP leader Kevin McCarthy’s 15th vote to become speaker.
The second anniversary was a study in contrast. Democrats gathered for a brief ceremony, while Kevin McCarthy rallied his party.
Union leaders say they are “invigorated.” And experts say the “mess” around Kevin McCarthy’s speaker bid buys them some time to figure it out.
CQ Roll Call’s photojournalists have documented this week’s historic stalemate to elect a speaker of the House.
From left: GOP Reps. Michael Guest, Clay Higgins and Mike Ezell pray on the House floor Thursday before the seventh failed speaker vote.
Some Democrats described an ominous feeling ahead of the second anniversary of the insurrection with Republicans newly in power.
As the brawl around Kevin McCarthy trickles down to staff, some are “more and more concerned” about what the delay could mean.
From left, GOP Reps. Andy Barr, Andrew Clyde, and Andy Harris talk on the House floor Wednesday after the fourth round to elect a speaker.
Kevin McCarthy made history Tuesday, much to his chagrin — and Democrats made the most of the scene in the House chamber.
As Republicans took control of the House on Tuesday, they wasted no time in erasing one symbol of the previous era — metal detectors.