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Photos of the week ending June 14, 2024

Staffers roll Kodak the Bear from the office of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., through the basement in the Dirksen Senate Office Building to the Russell Senate Office Building on Wednesday. Marty the Moose and Kodak the Bear made their annual migration to the Capitol from their home at White Mountain Attractions in North Woodstock, N.H., to participate in the Experience New Hampshire reception in the Kennedy Caucus Room on Wednesday evening.
Staffers roll Kodak the Bear from the office of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., through the basement in the Dirksen Senate Office Building to the Russell Senate Office Building on Wednesday. Marty the Moose and Kodak the Bear made their annual migration to the Capitol from their home at White Mountain Attractions in North Woodstock, N.H., to participate in the Experience New Hampshire reception in the Kennedy Caucus Room on Wednesday evening. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted June 14, 2024 at 9:37am

“Marty the Moose,” “Kodak the Bear,” Usher, Newt and Trump all made appearances on Capitol Hill this week. Roll Call’s photojournalists were there to capture the action.

Parade participants wave from the top of a double-decker tour bus as the Capital Pride Parade makes its way down Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest on Saturday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
From left, Reps. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., James R. Comer, R-Ky., Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., and Jamie Raskin, D-Md., testify Tuesday to the House Rules Committee on a resolution recommending that the House find Attorney General Merrick B. Garland in contempt of Congress. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., left, and Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., leave the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Staffers roll Marty the Moose from the office of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., through the basement in the Dirksen Senate Office Building to the Russell Senate Office Building for the Experience New Hampshire reception on Wednesday evening. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Musician Usher leaves the Capitol after meeting with members of Congress about screening for Type 1 diabetes on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Ga., who is a physician, attends to home plate umpire Jerry Park after a collision with Rep. Morgan Luttrell, R-Texas, right, during the Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, slides in safe to home plate as catcher Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., appeals to the umpire during the Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., engages with protesters holding signs outside of House Republicans’ meeting with former President Donald Trump at the Capitol Hill Club on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Senators wearing seersucker suits pose for the annual Seersucker Thursday photo in the Capitol on Thursday. Front row, from left, are Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Bill Cassidy, R-La., Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., and Susan Collins, R-Maine. Back row, from left, are Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

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