It was a sad week in Washington with the passing of Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, D-Va., and the shooting of two Israeli Embassy workers. It was also “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” week on the House side, featuring late night markups and a visit from President Donald Trump.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., talks with reporters in the Capitol after the House passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., talks with reporters in the Capitol after the House passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
House Freedom Caucus members, from left, Keith Self, R-Texas, Scott Perry, R-Pa., Chip Roy, R-Texas, HFC chair Andy Harris, R-Md., and Clay Higgins, R-La., speak to reporters about the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” reconciliation package in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Reps. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., left, and Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, backs to camera, comfort aides before committee members made remarks about the late ranking member Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, D-Va., during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee markup in the Capitol Visitor Center on Wednesday. Connolly died following a battle with esophageal cancer. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)The House Rules Committee hearing on the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” that started at 1 a.m. was still going at 8 a.m. in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., asks for quiet as he conducts a news conference after in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)From left, Rep. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., and Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., attend the news conference on Rep. LaMonica McIver outside the Capitol on Tuesday. McIver was charged by U.S. Attorney Alina Habba on Monday for allegedly assaulting law enforcement officers outside of a New Jersey ICE detention facility earlier this month. Menendez and Coleman were also present at the ICE detention facility. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)From left, House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain, R-Mich., Reps. Jason Smith, R-Mo., Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Mark Green, R-Tenn., attend a news conference after a House Republican Conference meeting with President Donald Trump on the budget reconciliation bill in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)President Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain, R-Mich., talk with reporters before a House Republican Conference meeting on the budget reconciliation bill in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Rep. Lloyd Smucker, R-Pa., enters the Cannon House Office Building for the House Budget Committee markup on Sunday night. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
