Posted July 12, 2024 at 9:05am
Congress returned to Washington for a chaotic week as Democrats in both chambers held meetings to discuss President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign. The NATO summit was also in town, with foreign leaders such as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visiting the Capitol. CQ Roll Call photojournalists were there to cover a momentous week on the Hill.
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., brings water for journalists outside a meeting with Biden campaign officials at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee headquarters on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., snacks on popcorn as he and Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., leave Senate Democrats’ meeting with Biden campaign officials at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee headquarters on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Bernie Moreno, the Republican nominee for Senate in Ohio, boards an elevator after speaking with reporters outside the office of his opponent, Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, in the Hart Office Building on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., pose for photos before their meeting in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, presents Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., medals during a ceremony in the Russell Senate Office Building on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Staffers pass out Mauna Loa macadamia nuts from Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, to committee members before the start of the House Appropriations Committee markup of several spending bills in the Rayburn House Office Building on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., jokingly salutes during a news conference at which he fielded questions about President Joe Biden’s candidacy in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Ayanna S. Pressley, D-Mass., leaves a House Democratic Caucus meeting about the candidacy of President Joe Biden at the Democratic National Committee on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Aides for the National Republican Congressional Committee hold signs outside a House Democratic Caucus meeting at the Democratic National Committee on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., leaves the U.S. Capitol after a vote on Monday evening. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)