As Congress returned from the Memorial Day recess, the “big, beautiful” budget reconciliation bill moved over to the north side of the Capitol for the Senate’s consideration. Here are the images captured by the CQ Roll Call photojournalists this week.
Activists carry signs opposing the Republican “immoral budget” during the Poor People’s Campaign protest outside the Supreme Court on Monday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., and her dog, Luna, leave the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters in the Capitol Visitor Center after a caucus meeting on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Whitney Hermandorfer, nominee to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the 6th Circuit, is sworn in during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart office building on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., points to a “Well, We’re All Going to Die Act” poster, criticizing the Republican reconciliation bill during a news conference in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, leaves a Senate Republican lunch meeting in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, arrives for a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Army’s defense authorization request in the Dirksen office building on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)An activist brings tombstone cutouts to the office of Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, in the Russell office building on Thursday. At a recent town hall in Iowa, Ernst said, “Well, we all are going to die,” in response to a constituent’s concern about Medicaid cuts. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Senate Minority Whip Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., waits for the start of a news conference to oppose the House-passed reconciliation bill on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., speaks to reporters as he boards the Senate subway after a vote in the Capitol on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
