Over the August recess, the Ohio Clock’s two arms were returned to full working order. Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., returned to Washington with just one working arm after breaking his shoulder at his home in Kentucky. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Following their 5-week recess, aka “home district work period,” members of Congress returned to Washington this week.
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 10: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., dances with Adrian Somerville, Jr., a West African percussion performer, during a ceremony in the Capitol’s Emancipation Hall to mark the “the 400th anniversary of the first-recorded forced arrival of enslaved African people,” on Tuesday, September 10, 2019. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 10: Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., attends a ceremony in the Capitol��s Emancipation Hall to mark the ìthe 400th anniversary of the first-recorded forced arrival of enslaved African people,î on Tuesday, September 10, 2019. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 10: Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., speaks with reporters in the Senate subway on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 11: Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., center, talks with Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Ga., left, Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, D-Fla., Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., and Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pa., on the House east front steps of the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday September 11, 2019. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 11: Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., boards the Senate subway to the Russell Senate Office Building on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 11: Rep. Scott Peters, D-Calif., sits on the House steps of the Capitol on September 11, 2019. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 12: Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., talks with reporters outside the House Judiciary Committee markup titled “Resolution for Investigative Procedures,” on September 12, 2019. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 12: Ranking member Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., talks with reporters outside the House Judiciary Committee markup titled “Resolution for Investigative Procedures,” on September 12, 2019. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 12: Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., shows off his grandson Grady to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., in the Ohio Clock Corridor in the Capitol on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019. Rep. Garamendi wsa giving his family a tour of the Capitol when they ran into Sen. Schumer, who took the opportunity to show a video of his grandchild. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 12: House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., reflected in a mirror, speaks to the media at the U.S. House Republican Member Retreat on Thursday September 12, 2019. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 12: President Donald Trump speaks at the 2019 House Republican Conference Member Retreat Dinner in Baltimore on Thursday September 12, 2019. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
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