Photos of the Week: Impeachment is in the air, but first recess

A coalition of progressive activist groups, including MoveOn.org, hold a rally at the Capitol on Thursday, calling on Congress to impeach President Donald Trump. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Talk of impeachment dominated a week that began with climate protests snarling rush hour traffic in Washington on Monday morning. 

UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 23: Climate change protesters block morning traffic near the U.S. Capitol at rush hour on Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. A coalition of climate activists under the umbrella “Shut Down D.C.” blocked intersections throughout DC to draw attention to climate change. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 23: Protesters calling for action of climate change block the intersection of 18th Street and Massachusetts Avenue, NW, on Monday, September 23, 2019. Climate activists calling the action “Shut Down D.C.” blocked intersections throughout the city to draw attention to climate change. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 24: Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., arrives for the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy hearing titled “Don’t Vape: Examining the Outbreak of Lung Disease and CDC’s Urgent Warning Not to Use E-Cigarettes,” in Rayburn Building on Tuesday, September 24, 2019. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 24: Reps. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., and Jason Crow, D-Colo., prepare for a television interview in the Capitol on Tuesday, September 24, 2019. (Photo By Tom William/CQ Roll Call)

UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 24: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., walks with her Deputy Chief of Staff Drew Hamill past the Sir Winston Churchill bust as she exits the Capitol on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 24: House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., and Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., arrive for a meeting with the House Democratic Caucus about an impeachment inquiry of President Trump in the Capitol on Tuesday, September 24, 2019. Committee counsels Norm Eisen, second from left, and Barry Berke, right, also appear. (Photo By Tom William/CQ Roll Call)

UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 24: The Mean Machine team, consisting of members of Congress, hold up the winning trophy after defeating the Guards team, made up of current and former U.S. Capitol Police members, during the annual Congressional Football Game for Charity on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 25: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., navigates through a crowd of tourists as he arrives for a meeting in Speaker Pelosi’s office in the Capitol on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 25: Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., accidently walks into the press conference stakeout for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s press conference on impeachment in the Capitol on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 25: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., holds up a copy of the transcript of President Donald Trump’s phone call with Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during his press conference on impeachment in the Capitol on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 26: The media gathers in the hallway outside of the House Intelligence Committee hearing room as Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire testifies before the committee on the Capitol on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 27: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., and his security detail prepare to leave the Capitol after the last votes before the two-week recess on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)