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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

By Caroline Brehman, Tom Williams and Bill Clark
Posted March 11, 2021 at 6:30am
Dining alone from a vending machine still seems like a pretty good option, as the Capitol fence adds to pandemic woes.

Lunch from a vending machine? It’s the new happy hour

By Chris Cioffi
Posted March 11, 2021 at 6:00am
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., walks out on the field before the start of the 58th annual Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park on June 26, 2019.

Congress ready to play ball again, after pandemic canceled 2020 season

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 10, 2021 at 6:00am
The harvest moon rises over the Capitol dome in Washington last weekend.

Photos of the week ending September 16, 2022

Tourists wearing protective masks tour the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Monday, March 9, 2020.

Photos of the day: One year since the first mask sighting

By Tom Williams and Bill Clark
Posted March 9, 2021 at 2:09pm
UNITED STATES - MARCH 08: Urijah Anderson, 3, attends an International Women's Day rally on the Mall to call on Congress to pass the Raise the Wage Act which would to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2025 on Monday, March 8, 2021. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: International Women’s Day

By Tom Williams
Posted March 8, 2021 at 4:02pm
UNITED STATES - March 4: Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., puts on a tie as he talks with Sen. Maria Cantwell , D-Wash., before the start of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee business meeting to vote on sending the nomination of Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., to be Interior Secretary, to the Senate floor in Washington on Thursday, March 4, 2021. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

‘Power is going to my head’ — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Thomas McKinless
Posted March 5, 2021 at 4:06pm
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

By Tom Williams and Caroline Brehman
Posted March 5, 2021 at 1:52pm
Michigan National Guard troops conduct a promotion ceremony on the East Front of the Capitol on Thursday, March 4, 2021.

Photo of the day: Attention

By Tom Williams
Posted March 4, 2021 at 4:23pm
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

By Caroline Brehman
Posted March 3, 2021 at 6:37pm
“Having a meeting at Cups is a clear sign of a return to normalcy,” says former Senate staffer and current Cups devotee Don Stewart.

Cafe au yay! Cups to reopen in April

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 3, 2021 at 2:34pm
Emmanuel Sanford-Durant grew up seeing the Capitol Dome from his backyard, but it still felt worlds away.

Walking ‘17 Blocks’ was ‘like crossing a force field’

By Lindsey Gilbert
Posted March 3, 2021 at 6:00am
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, seated, talks with Chairman Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., right, before the Senate Budget Committee confirmation for Shalanda D. Young, nominee to be deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget, in Dirksen Building on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.

Photo of the day: Money talks

By Tom Williams
Posted March 2, 2021 at 4:03pm
Ann Berry arrives to the Capitol to be sworn in as the Secretary of the Senate in Washington on Monday, March 1, 2021.

Ann Berry sworn in as secretary of the Senate

By Thomas McKinless and Jason Dick
Posted March 1, 2021 at 5:41pm
Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., comforts Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa., while taking cover as rioters attempt to break into the House chamber of the Capitol during a joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote in Washington, Wednesday, January 6, 2021.

Photos of the day: Eyes of history

By Tom Williams
Posted March 1, 2021 at 11:33am
Activists with Our Revolution hold signs outside the Capitol complex on Thursday to call on Congress to pass the $15 federal minimum wage hike proposed as part of the COVID relief bill.

‘They may have disagreed on some details’ — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Thomas McKinless
Posted February 26, 2021 at 5:08pm
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

By Caroline Brehman, Tom Williams and Bill Clark
Posted February 26, 2021 at 12:00pm

Photo of the day: Gimme 5

By Bill Clark
Posted February 25, 2021 at 12:57pm
California Rep. Young Kim, here looking at the statue of President Ronald Reagan in the Capitol Rotunda last month, worked for two decades in the Orange County district office of former Rep. Ed Royce.

For Young Kim, it all began with ‘Atlas Shrugged’

By Eleanor Van Buren
Posted February 25, 2021 at 6:30am
Staffers of color remain underrepresented in top positions in congressional offices, according to the most recent counts by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.

‘Where am I?’: Black staffers describe hurdles of working on Capitol Hill

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 25, 2021 at 5:30am
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

By Caroline Brehman
Posted February 24, 2021 at 9:59am