Here are the photos of the (ongoing) week as captured by CQ Roll Call’s photojournalists:
Sen. Joe Manchin III, 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)
An aide carries model airplanes outside the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, with aides Liz Johnson and Chris Marroletti, walk down the stairs after a CNN interview in the Russell Senate Office Building on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Chairman Ron Johnson, R-Wis., arrives for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing titled “Examining Irregularities in the 2020 Election” in Dirksen Building on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., meets virtually with HHS Secretary-designate Xavier Becerra and Surgeon General-designate Dr. Vivek Murthy in the LBJ Room in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., leaves the U.S. Capitol as snow from Winter Storm Gail falls in Washington on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., crosses Constitution Avenue after a vote in the Senate as snow from Winter Storm Gail falls in Washington on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., prepares to do an interview with MSNBC in the Russell Rotunda on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., plays Christmas songs on the piano in the Hart Senate Office Building atrium on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks back to his office from the Senate floor on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)