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Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., speaks with reporters after the Senate Democrats’ weekly lunch in the Capitol on Wednesday.

Suits are back: It’s been a wild two weeks for the Senate floor’s dress code

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 28, 2023 at 11:24am
Rep. Ro Khanna, center, won an award for workplace culture this summer. Above, he poses in the Cannon Building on Tuesday with some of his aides: from left, Ky Ban, Emma Preston, Abhay Dewan and Marie Baldassarre.

Happy staff, happy constituents? Reps. Khanna and Moore think so

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 28, 2023 at 6:30am
Rep. Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, seen here in the Library of Congress in January, says "there are two ways in politics to approach faith."

This tattoo reminds Rep. Greg Landsman of his faith (and his first job in politics)

By Jackie Wang
Posted September 28, 2023 at 6:15am
Library of Congress cafeteria worker Willie Price speaks with CQ Roll Call on Wednesday about the looming federal government shutdown.

‘We don’t know what’s going to happen to us’: Hill service workers brace for missed wages during shutdown

By Justin Papp
Posted September 28, 2023 at 5:30am
Federal workers and contractors, along with their unions, stage a protest calling for an end to the government shutdown and back pay in the Hart Senate Office Building on Jan. 23, 2019.

Shutdowns of the past were ‘emotional,’ ‘terrible’ for Hill staffers

By Justin Papp
Posted September 28, 2023 at 5:00am
Rep. Anthony D'Esposito leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol on Sept. 19.

How Anthony D’Esposito went from cop to GOP congressman in a Biden district

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 26, 2023 at 6:15am

Capitol Lens | Pacific host

By Tom Williams
Posted September 25, 2023 at 1:50pm
A “danger” sign is posted at a work site on the East Front plaza of the Capitol on Wednesday.

Photos of the week ending September 22, 2023

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted September 22, 2023 at 3:02pm
Amy Wang

Gibberish in Washington keeps them guessing (and spelling)

By Paul V. Fontelo
Posted September 21, 2023 at 1:43pm
Reps. William R. Timmons IV, R-S.C., and Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., seen here during their Modernization Committee days in 2021, reunited this week to officially launch the “Fix Congress Caucus.”

‘Fix Congress’ lawmakers debut new caucus with familiar goal

By Justin Papp
Posted September 21, 2023 at 10:44am
“I really hope the judicial system will block Bibi [Netanyahu],” says Guy Nattiv, who sees connections between his movie “Golda” and the situation in Israel today.

‘Golda’ director revisits Yom Kippur War, 50 years later

By Jason Dick
Posted September 21, 2023 at 6:15am

Capitol Lens | Freedom under wraps

By Bill Clark
Posted September 20, 2023 at 2:02pm
As senators picked their camps — comfort or decorum — Sen. John Fetterman weighed in. Above, Fetterman is seen at the Capitol on Wednesday.

Senate dress code spat continues: Avoid a shutdown and I’ll wear a suit, Fetterman says

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 18, 2023 at 7:34pm, Updated September 20, 2023 at 1:36pm
House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil, second from right, hosted a crime briefing for Hill members and staffers Monday, joined by D.C. Police Union Chairman Greggory Pemberton.

Republicans, police officials tell Hill staffers to watch their backs amid DC crime spike

By Justin Papp
Posted September 18, 2023 at 5:31pm

Capitol Lens | Foam rule

By Tom Williams
Posted September 18, 2023 at 1:43pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., announces he is directing the House to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending September 15, 2023

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted September 15, 2023 at 1:12pm
“Some of the best people I’ve ever worked with are up here on Capitol Hill,” says departing Rep. Chris Stewart, seen here at a February hearing.

Leaving Congress, Rep. Chris Stewart looks back on his first government shutdown

By K. Sophie Will
Posted September 15, 2023 at 12:46pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., co-hosted the fifth Congressional Hackathon at the Capitol on Thursday.

As lawmakers eye regulation, AI could reshape Congress itself

By Justin Papp
Posted September 15, 2023 at 6:10am
Georgetown medical student Perry Diaz speaks during a naloxone training offered to congressional staffers by the Bipartisan Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Task Force on Wednesday.

Congressional aides learn how to provide overdose aid

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 14, 2023 at 1:32pm
“So much of the story of West Michigan ... is people feeling like they didn’t leave the Republican Party, but the Republican Party left them,” says Democratic Rep. Hillary Scholten, seen here in her D.C. office in July.

For Hillary Scholten, faith (and Jerry Ford) led the way to Congress

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 14, 2023 at 6:15am