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During the anthrax attacks of 2001, Oregon Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, center, visits the makeshift East Front office of New York Rep. Gary L. Ackerman, here using the phone, in October 2001. Ackerman’s Rayburn office was closed for anthrax testing.

Pathogens, nose swabs and flip phones: What work was like during anthrax

By Chris Cioffi
Posted October 29, 2020 at 6:00am
A woman wears a face mask as she walks past a mural featuring posters of President Donald Trump with his face blacked out at Union Market on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Trump on display, 6 days before election

By Bill Clark
Posted October 28, 2020 at 4:02pm
A sign outside of the Capital One Arena urges residents to vote early before the start of the first day of early voting in Washington on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. Capital One Arena and National Park were opened as ÒSuper Vote CentersÓ as part of the The District of Columbia Board of ElectionsÕ ÒVote Safe DCÓ campaign. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the day: DC kicks off ‘super’ early voting

By Bill Clark, Tom Williams and Caroline Brehman
Posted October 27, 2020 at 3:36pm
Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., gathered outside the Capitol along with tourists and staffers on Monday to view the solar eclipse. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending April 12, 2024

Mark Fischer helps set up an early voting center in the PNC Diamond Club at Nationals Park on Monday.

Baseball fans will have to settle for early voting at Nationals Park

By Jason Dick
Posted October 27, 2020 at 6:30am
U.S. Park Police officers stop zombies from crossing the street to the Lincoln Memorial at dawn on Monday, Oct. 26, 2010. The zombies, who had planned to swarm the Lincoln Memorial, were part of a publicity campaign staged in major cities around the world for AMC's "The Walking Dead," TV series which premiered on Oct. 31, 2010. (Bill Clark/Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Throwback on a monster of a Monday

By Bill Clark
Posted October 26, 2020 at 7:21pm
UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 22: Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, takes a cell phone video of the empty Democratic Senators’ seats on the Senate Judiciary Committee as they boycott the committee vote on Amy Coney Barrett to serve as an associate justice on the Supreme Court of the United States during a Senate Judiciary Committee Executive Business meeting in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. (Pool photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Political stunts, difficult masks and AOC Among Us: Congressional Hits and Misses

By Thomas McKinless
Posted October 23, 2020 at 1:36pm
Posters sit in the chairs of Democratic senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee as they boycott the committee vote on Amy Coney Barrett to serve as an associate justice on the Supreme Court on Thursday.

Photos of the week ending Oct. 23, 2020

By Bill Clark, Caroline Brehman and Tom Williams
Posted October 23, 2020 at 1:26pm
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, takes a cell phone video of the empty Democratic SenatorsÕ seats in the Senate Judiciary Committee as they boycott the committee vote on Amy Coney Barrett to serve as an associate justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Smile, you’re on Cornyn camera

By Caroline Brehman
Posted October 22, 2020 at 2:17pm
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz plays in last year’s Congressional Women's Softball Game to benefit breast cancer research. She’s one of several public figures featured in a new book who sought privacy while fighting breast cancer.

Running for office is exhausting. Breast cancer doesn’t care

By Kathryn Lyons
Posted October 22, 2020 at 6:30am
Vaccine affordability protesters dance as the Long Live GoGo band plays outside of the Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. The protest was held to call for safe and free Covid-19 vaccines. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Vaccine a-go-go

By Bill Clark
Posted October 21, 2020 at 3:18pm
A boy wears his face mask while strolling through the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden in Washington on Tuesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: A walk in the park

By Caroline Brehman
Posted October 20, 2020 at 4:02pm
Who says there aren’t trophies in politics? The developer behind Fantasy Congress believes gamification can be a good thing. Above, players are seen at the Congressional Football Game in 2019.

If you thought fantasy football was wonky, try Fantasy Congress

By Clyde McGrady
Posted October 20, 2020 at 6:30am
A masked woman holds up a sign as she participates in the WomenÕs March on Pennsylvania Avenue across from the Trump International Hotel in Washington on Saturday. After a rally at Freedom Plaza thousdands of protesters marched to the U.S. Supreme Court to remember the late RTuth Bader Ginsburg and to oppose the rush to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the court. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Women’s March in DC

By Caroline Brehman
Posted October 19, 2020 at 4:01pm
Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse laughs during a back-and-forth Wednesday with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz about the Houston Astros.

‘This goose is pretty much cooked’ — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Thomas McKinless
Posted October 16, 2020 at 2:29pm
Demonstrators supporting the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett as the next Supreme Court justice wave signs outside the Dirksen Senate Office Building before the start of the Senate Judiciary Committee's confirmation hearing on Monday.

Photos of the week: A Supreme Court nomination hearing like no other

By Bill Clark, Tom Williams and Caroline Brehman
Posted October 16, 2020 at 1:13pm
In 1986 Life magazine dubbed the Nevada portion of Route 50 as ÒThe Loneliest Road in America.Ó 30 years later on Oct. 15, 2016, Roll Call traveled that stretch of road covering the Joe Heck vs Catherine Cortez Masto Senate race. The only stop on the 300-mile drive was for this pretty sunset photo. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Throwback to the 2016 campaign trail

By Bill Clark
Posted October 15, 2020 at 2:52pm
Chairman Lindsey Graham puts his finger near his ear on Wednesday as he confers with Sens. John Cornyn, Mike Lee, Ted Cruz, Richard Blumenthal and Richard J. Durbin during a break from the third day of Senate Judiciary confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett.

‘This is embarrassing’: Cold mic moments interrupt Amy Coney Barrett hearings

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted October 14, 2020 at 5:40pm
Harriet Gilliam, 7, of Boston, wears a Ruth Bader Ginsburg costume as she stands near protests for and against the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett at the Supreme Court as the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing continued on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/)

Photo of the day: A young RBG fan

By Tom Williams
Posted October 14, 2020 at 4:27pm
The Congressional Management Foundation announced its awards this month celebrating non-legislative achievement and performance by members of Congress and their staffs.

‘Oscars for Congress’ catches some delighted staffers unaware

By Chris Cioffi
Posted October 14, 2020 at 10:00am
Roberta McCain, mother of of the late Sen. John McCain, before her son's funeral at the Washington National Cathedral on Sept. 1, 2018.

Roberta McCain, mother of the late Sen. John McCain, has died at age 108

By Clyde McGrady
Posted October 12, 2020 at 4:23pm