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Richard Lukas dressed as the Easter Bunny waves to families as he rides in a convertible around his Capitol Hill neighborhood to give the local children and their parents a social distanced Easter on April 12, 2020. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the year: 2020 as seen by Bill Clark

By Bill Clark
Posted December 23, 2020 at 9:00am
House Chief Administrative Officer Phil Kiko is leaving his post.

House chief administrative officer to depart

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 22, 2020 at 1:33pm
Chief Justice John G, Roberts Jr. is reflected in the teleprompter during President Donald Trump's State of the Union address in the House chamber on February 4, 2020.

Photos of the year: 2020 as seen by Tom Williams

By Tom Williams
Posted December 22, 2020 at 8:00am
Jim Karamanis, left, and Andrew Weber remember the “massive” task of building a new website for Congress. Above, they pose last week in the Library of Congress’ Thomas Jefferson Building.

Even websites have birthdays: Congress’ just turned 10

NOVEMBER 14: A Trump supporter yells at counter-protesters outside of the U.S. Supreme Court during the Million MAGA March in Washington. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the year: 2020 as seen by Caroline Brehman

By Caroline Brehman
Posted December 21, 2020 at 8:00am
The Capitol Christmas tree is pictured on the West lawn.

Debbie Dingell reveals 2020 jingle: ‘Let us zoom!’

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 20, 2020 at 1:02pm
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 16: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., leaves the U.S. Capitol as snow from Winter Storm Gail falls in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Not sure whether to drink or pray: Congressional Hits and Misses

By Thomas McKinless
Posted December 18, 2020 at 2:35pm
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., speaks during a news conference with a group of bipartisan lawmakers to unveil a proposal for a COVID-19 relief bill on Monday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending Dec. 18, 2020

By Bill Clark, Tom Williams and Caroline Brehman
Posted December 18, 2020 at 2:16pm
UNITED STATES - December 16: Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., stands up after playing Christmas songs on the piano in the Hart Atrium in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the day: Retiring Lamar Alexander serenades the Senate

By Caroline Brehman
Posted December 16, 2020 at 6:50pm
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 16: Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., leaves the U.S. Capitol as snow from Winter Storm Gail falls in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Snow day

By Bill Clark
Posted December 16, 2020 at 1:29pm
From the lonely stylings of a piano to the sound of weary sighing, it’s been a musical December at the Capitol.

O Come, O Come, Coromnibus

By Paul V. Fontelo
Posted December 16, 2020 at 12:56pm
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 7: Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., right, and Will Shafroth, president and CEO of the National Park Foundation, tour the Thomas Jefferson Memorial after Warner was presented the Hero award for his “leadership in passing the Great American Outdoors Act and his overall extraordinary service and commitment to the betterment of national parks,” during a ceremony at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial on Monday December 7, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending Dec. 11, 2020

By Bill Clark, Tom Williams and Caroline Brehman
Posted December 11, 2020 at 1:38pm
Rep. Pete Olson, R-Texas, wears a Santa Claus mask as he walks down the House steps after the last votes of the week on Thursday morning. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Santa Olson

By Caroline Brehman
Posted December 10, 2020 at 2:42pm
The end of the Democratic Study Group on Capitol Hill was part of the transition of power in the House from committees to leadership.

These legislative whisperers were kicked out of the Capitol

By Erin Bacon
Posted December 10, 2020 at 6:30am
Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley began her career in politics as an aide to Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II and Sen. John Kerry.

‘Personnel is policy’: What Ayanna Pressley saw as a staffer

By Eleanor Van Buren
Posted December 10, 2020 at 6:00am
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 8: An American flag hangs upside down in the wind outside Union Station in Washington on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Hang in there

By Bill Clark
Posted December 9, 2020 at 3:32pm
Visitors gather at the Capitol Christmas tree at sunset on Dec. 3.

The 12 days of Congress’ clichés

By Lindsey Gilbert
Posted December 9, 2020 at 6:30am
Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., walks through the Capitol Rotunda with his family on Monday, Dec. 8, 2020.

Photo of the day: Gardner tour

By Bill Clark
Posted December 8, 2020 at 3:34pm
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 7: Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., right, and Will Shafroth, president and CEO of the National Park Foundation, tour the Thomas Jefferson Memorial after Warner was presented the Hero award for his “leadership in passing the Great American Outdoors Act and his overall extraordinary service and commitment to the betterment of national parks,” during a ceremony at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial on Monday December 7, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: A trip to the Mall

By Tom Williams
Posted December 7, 2020 at 7:04pm
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 1: Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., laughs after Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., pulled out a step stool for him during a news conference with a group of bipartisan lawmakers to unveil a COVID-19 emergency relief framework in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Cats and cannabis: Congressional Hits and Misses

By Thomas McKinless
Posted December 4, 2020 at 4:50pm
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn and House Clerk Cheryl Johnson visit the “Joseph H. Rainey: 150 Years of Black Americans Elected to Congress”” exhibit in the Capitol on Dec. 4, 2020.

House marks 150 years of Black members

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted December 4, 2020 at 2:59pm