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Paris Hilton attends a news conference on legislation to “establish a bill of rights for children placed in congregate care facilities,” outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.

Photos of the week ending Oct. 22, 2021

By Tom Williams and Bill Clark
Posted October 22, 2021 at 1:35pm
A sign in the basement, seen on Wednesday, reminds passersby of the mask requirement on the House side of the Capitol.

Staffers keep clashing over masks in the Capitol hallways

By Chris Cioffi
Posted October 21, 2021 at 5:30am
Paris Hilton stops to pose for photographers in the Crypt area of the Capitol on Oct. 20, 2021. The celebrity was on the hill to push for legislation to “establish a bill of rights for children placed in congregate care facilities.”

Photos of the day: Paris in Washington

By Tom Williams and Bill Clark
Posted October 20, 2021 at 4:39pm
Beer can be both a political tool and a simple pleasure, lawmakers-turned-brewers say.

A competition for beer supremacy is brewing again in Washington

By Chris Cioffi
Posted October 19, 2021 at 4:29pm
“I don’t like the job enough to sell out the future of this country to keep it,” says Illinois Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger.

Take Five: Adam Kinzinger

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 19, 2021 at 6:00am
Rep. Nita Lowey, D-NY., with actor Ron Silver and General Colin Powell (center) at New York State Festival on Oct. 14, 1991.

Photo of the day: A Colin Powell flashback from the archives

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted October 18, 2021 at 11:40am
An airline employee is seen on the Metro platform at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., on October 13, 2021.

It’s recess but we still have Congressional Hits and Misses

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted October 15, 2021 at 2:12pm
Michigan Rep. Dale E. Kildee gives a salute at a 9/11 remembrance ceremony in 2008. His death at age 92 was announced by his family Wednesday.

‘Cal Ripken of Congress’ Dale Kildee dies at 92

By Chris Cioffi
Posted October 13, 2021 at 6:29pm
“Don’t let people tell you what can’t be done,” Georgia Rep. Nikema Williams says.

Take Five: Nikema Williams

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 13, 2021 at 5:30am
Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., is seen in the Capitol complex tunnels in December. Enzi will be remembered as part of a service for former lawmakers who died in the past year.

‘We build upon each other’: Memorial for lawmakers who died continues in pandemic

By Chris Cioffi
Posted October 12, 2021 at 7:26pm
UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 5: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is reflected in a TV camera lens as he holds his weekly press conference in the Ohio Clock Corridor in the Capitol on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. (Photo by Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending Oct. 8, 2021

By Tom Williams and Bill Clark
Posted October 8, 2021 at 10:14am
Microphones stand in front of a bust of former Speaker of the House Nicholas Longworth in the Capitol complex.

It’s an empty room and hardly anyone’s watching. So why is Congress grandstanding?

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 7, 2021 at 6:00am
Jason Isaacs and Martha Plimpton star as grieving parents in “Mass,” written and directed by Fran Kranz.

Two sets of parents, one school shooting: ‘Mass’ shows the hardest part

By Jason Dick
Posted October 6, 2021 at 6:00am
“People believe there’s only one solution to every problem, but you and I know there isn’t,” says Rep. Young Kim.

Take Five: Young Kim

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 5, 2021 at 6:00am
UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 4: Draw the Curtain by artist Nicolas Party is seen draped on the recently reopened Hirshhorn Museum on the National Mall as a child checks out the Kiepenkerl statue by Jeff Koons, on Monday October 4, 2021. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Wrap it up

By Tom Williams
Posted October 4, 2021 at 3:29pm
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 29: GOP’s Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, celebrates his inside the park home run as Democrats’ catcher Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., looks on during the Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021. (Photo by Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending Oct. 1, 2021

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted October 1, 2021 at 11:38am
Georgia Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux got her start on Capitol Hill in the 1990s as a staffer to Oregon Democrat Ron Wyden.

Carolyn Bourdeaux saw how the ‘take no prisoners’ approach to politics began

By Paul V. Fontelo
Posted September 30, 2021 at 7:30am
Capitol Police Officer Winston Pingeon holds a self-portrait of himself in riot gear. “It was just a devastating day for me, for the Capitol Police and for our country,” he says of Jan. 6.

This police officer defended the Capitol on Jan. 6. Now he paints to remember

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 30, 2021 at 6:00am
Sen. Chris Murphy tags out Rep. William R. Timmons IV at home plate during the Congressional Baseball Game on Wednesday at Nationals Park.

It was a good night for Republicans at the Congressional Baseball Game

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 29, 2021 at 10:13pm
Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh crosses the finish line Wednesday during the ACLI Capital Challenge in Anacostia Park.

Congress runs (and puns fly) at 2021 ACLI Capital Challenge

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 29, 2021 at 11:45am