All eyes were on the Senate last week. Results of the FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations made against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh were considered late Wednesday and Thursday by senators. And by Friday, a majority of them were ready to vote. Protests against the nominee erupted across the Capitol throughout the week as activists made their opinions known, both for and against.Here’s the entire week in photos:Texas Democrat Beto O’Rourke joins Willie Nelson onstage in Austin on Sept. 29 during his “Turn Out for Texas” rally. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)O’Rourke arrives backstage for his campaign rally at the Gaslight Baker Theatre in Lockhart, Texas, on Oct. 1. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., speaks to reporters as he arrives in the Capitol for a vote Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)A worker uses a pressure washer near the top of the Capitol dome on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., talk in the Senate carriage entrance after a vote in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Actresses Amy Schumer, left, and Emily Ratajkowski are detained Thursday after participating in a protest in the Hart Building to oppose Kavanaugh. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., and her daughter Maile move through the Senate subway on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee — from left, John Cornyn, R-Texas, Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah, Chairman Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, and Mike Lee, R-Utah, — conduct a news conference Thursday in the Capitol. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Protesters opposed to Kavanaugh’s nomination take over the atrium of the Hart Building on Thursday. Capitol Police were on the scene arresting protesters. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, talks to reporters in the Capitol on Friday after voting “no” on a procedural vote on Kavanaugh’s nomination. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Watch: Just Some of the Noteworthy Moments During Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Process[jwp-video n="1"]
