Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Photos of the week ending September 30, 2022
Government shutdown fears were calmed as Congress played its annual kick-the-funding-can-down-the-road game before heading out of town to campaign.
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Government shutdown fears were calmed as Congress played its annual kick-the-funding-can-down-the-road game before heading out of town to campaign.
The wind blows House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s tie as he and members of the GOP caucus walk down the Capitol steps on Sept. 29, 2022.
As the new director of the House Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Sesha Joi Moon wants people to know “they can and do belong here.”
After winning a special election, New York Republican Joe Sempolinski will serve in Congress for just four months.
From big dreams to party crashers, the early days were eventful as developers built Congress.gov and advocates pushed for transparency.
Has Rep. Mary Peltola started a new staffing trend? Her decision to hire Don Young’s chief of staff has raised eyebrows in Washington.
Alexander Hamilton moves downstairs as Missouri sends the likeness of a former president to the Capitol Rotunda
The House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress approved 23 new recommendations and one old one in a brief markup Thursday.
Members of the National Council of Resistance of Iran protest on Capitol Hill Wednesday in solidarity with uprisings in the Islamic nation.
This archival photo shows Rep. Steve Scalise returning to the Capitol on Sept. 28, 2017 after being shot during baseball practice that June.
Tourists in the Capitol Rotunda walk by a statue of President Harry S. Truman encased in a protective covering on Tuesday.
Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman, center, appears with brothers Lee, right, and Dennis Horton in Philadelphia on Sept. 24, 2022.
He brought his math Ph.D. (and his solar system tie) to the House. Now Rep. Jerry McNerney is planning his next AI chapter.
Photos of the week: Congress was in session this week with government funding set to expire soon and the midterms rapidly approaching.
Climate activists protest Sen. Joe Manchin III’s energy permitting legislation in front of the Hart Senate Office Building on Thursday
Capitol Lens taps into our archives with a photo showing then-Sen Mary Landrieu holding a beer keg nozzle for an LSU fan on Sept. 20, 2014.
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer speaks about federal assistance for Puerto Rico at a news conference Tuesday outside the Capitol.
Is it ‘easier to play in the NFL’ than serve in Congress? This Illinois Republican weighs in ahead of his final Congressional Football Game.
He brought his sax and chose his favorite song to honor the person America knew as Rep. Walorski, but he knew as Jackie.
In anticipation of fall, which begins on Thursday, the sun is seen rising directly east over the Capitol dome the morning of Sept. 19, 2022.