2022 News Photos of the Year - Roll Call

From the historic confirmation of a new Supreme Court justice to the court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade and a midterm election like no other, 2022 was a unique and busy year for lawmakers. And CQ Roll Call’s photojournalists were on Capitol Hill and on the road, following some of this cycle’s most competitive campaigns to capture all of the action. Rewind the past 12 whirlwind months with 18 of our best photos of 2022.

FEBRUARY 2: Workers use wire brushes to erase swastikas that were drawn on the exterior of Union Station in Washington. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

MARCH 1: Vice President Kamala Harris, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walk through the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on their way to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)