The government has been shut down for a record 38 days and counting. The House has been out of session for 49 days and counting. That hasn’t stopped CQ Roll Call photojournalists from covering the stalemate in Congress. Here are the best images of the week.
Activists in inflatable animal costumes wait along Columbus Circle to march in a demonstration on Wednesday. The protesters marched from Union Station to the National Mall on the anniversary of President Donald Trump’s election. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Members of the Handmaid Army DC march in front of the Capitol on Wednesday in a protest against the Trump administration. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
From right, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., Rep. Russell Fry, R-S.C., and House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain, R-Mich., conduct a news conference about the government shutdown outside the Capitol on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa., is interrupted by Capitol Police while questioning Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., during House Republicans’ news conference on the House steps of the Capitol on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., cites a quote by President Donald Trump during a news conference in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., walks to his office after opening the Senate floor in the Capitol on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., conducts a news conference about the government shutdown and the announced retirement of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in the Capitol on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz., holds a sign critical of Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., outside of the speaker’s office in the Capitol on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)A plane flies in front of the moon rising behind the Capitol dome on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
