Baseball, seersuckers, moose and a bear, oh my! It was a week full of annual congressional traditions, including the Congressional Baseball Game, Marty the Moose, Kodak the Bear and Seersucker Thursday. Here are the images captured by the CQ Roll Call photojournalists this week.
Workers install temporary anti-scale fences in Lafayette Square across from the White House on Monday in preparation for the Army’s 250th anniversary parade and protests associated with the event. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Workers set up the reviewing stage in front of the White House on Tuesday for the Army’s 250th anniversary parade. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., stands next to an image from the Los Angeles ICE raids and resulting protests during a news conference at the Republican National Committee on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Photojournalists take photos as staffers for Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., unload Marty the Moose from a freight elevator in the Hart Senate Office Building on Tuesday. Marty the Moose and Kodak the Bear, ambassadors to the White Mountains, made their annual trek to Shaheen’s office for the “Experience New Hampshire” reception. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, is congratulated by Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., right, after Pfluger tagged out a runner in the first inning of the Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., holds a sign referencing Rep. James R. Comer, R-Ky., during the Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., holds the trophy alongside Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., left, during the Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park on Wednesday. The Republicans beat the Democrats by a score of 13-2. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., arrives in the Russell Senate Office Building with his dry-cleaned seersucker suit in preparation for the annual Seersucker Thursday photo op in the Capitol on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)From left, Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Ill., and Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-N.Y., arrive for a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing in the Capitol Visitor Center on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Noah Wyle, left, producer and star of “The Pitt,” walks outside the Capitol on Thursday after a briefing with frontline doctors and nurses to discuss the mental health, financial and bureaucratic issues they face and potential legislative solutions. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
