The Senate held an overnight “vote-a-rama” on a budget resolution while the House was on recess this week. And former Republican leader Mitch McConnell announced he will not seek reelection in 2026. Here are the photos of the week captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists.
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, gets a high-five from Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., as they wheel past each other at the Senate subway elevator in the Capitol during the cloture vote on FBI nominee Kash Patel on Thursday. McConnell announced that he will not run for reelection next year. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, from left, Chris Coons of Delaware, Alex Padilla of California, ranking member Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Adam B. Schiff of California conduct a news conference Thursday outside FBI headquarters to voice opposition to the nomination of Kash Patel to be director of the FBI. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
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