Taking Security Seriously(01 of88)
Open Image ModalSen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) talks with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) before the start of a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing concerning the roles and responsibilities for defending the nation against cyberattacks, on Oct. 19, 2017. (credit:Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
With Liberty And Justice...(02 of88)
Open Image ModalMembers of Code Pink for Peace protest before the start of a hearing where U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will testify to the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Oct. 18, 2017. Committee members questioned Sessions about conversations he had with President Donald Trump about the firing of former FBI Director James Comey, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy, the ongoing investigation about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and other subjects. (credit:Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Whispers(03 of88)
Open Image ModalSen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), right, speaks with Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) before a confirmation hearing for Christopher Sharpley, nominee for inspector general of the CIA, on Oct. 17, 2017. (credit:Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
Not Throwing Away His Shot(04 of88)
Open Image ModalLin-Manuel Miranda, creator of the musical "Hamilton," makes his way to a meeting of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies in the Rayburn Office Building during a round of meetings to urge federal funding for the arts and humanities on Sept. 13, 2017. (credit:Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)
Medicare For All(05 of88)
Open Image ModalSen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), center, speaks on health care as Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), left, and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), right, listen during an event to introduce the Medicare for All Act on Sept. 13, 2017. (credit:Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Bernie Bros(06 of88)
Open Image ModalSupporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) pack his office on Sept. 8, 2017. Members of the "Draft Bernie for a People's Party" campaign delivered a petition with more than 50,000 signatures to urge the senator to start and lead a new political party. (credit:Alex Wong/Getty Images)
McCain Appearance(07 of88)
Open Image ModalSen. John McCain, second from left, leaves the Capitol after his first appearance since being diagnosed with cancer. He arrived to cast a vote to help Republican senators narrowly pass the motion to proceed for the replacement of the Affordable Care Act on July 25, 2017. (credit:Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
A Narrow Win(08 of88)
Open Image ModalSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, center, speaks alongside Sens. John Barrasso, left, John Cornyn, right, and John Thune, rear, after the Senate narrowly passed the motion to proceed for the replacement of the Affordable Care Act on July 25, 2017. (credit:Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Kushner Questioning(09 of88)
Open Image ModalJared Kushner, White House senior adviser and son-in-law to President Donald Trump, arrives at the Capitol on July 25, 2017. Kushner was interviewed by the House Intelligence Committee in a closed-door meeting about contacts he had with Russia. (credit:Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Hot Dogs On The Hill(10 of88)
Open Image ModalRep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) prepares a hot dog during the American Meat Institute's annual Hot Dog Lunch in the Rayburn Office Building courtyard on July 19, 2017. (credit:Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
And Their Veggie Counterparts(11 of88)
Open Image ModalRep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) visits the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals veggie dog giveaway on July 19, 2017, countering a National Hot Dog Day event being held elsewhere on Capitol Hill. (credit:Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images)
Poised For Questions(12 of88)
Open Image ModalCallista Gingrich, wife of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, waits for a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on her nomination to be the U.S. ambassador to the Vatican on July 18, 2017. (credit:Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
Speaking Up(13 of88)
Open Image ModalHealth care activists protest to stop the Republican health care bill at Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on July 17, 2017. (credit:Yuri Gripas/Reuters)
In The Fray(14 of88)
Open Image ModalSen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) speaks to members of the media after announcing the revised version of the Senate Republican health care bill on Capitol Hill on July 13, 2017. (credit:Oliver Contreras/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Anticipation(15 of88)
Open Image ModalChristopher Wray is seated with his daughter Caroline, left, as he prepares to testify at a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be the next FBI director on July 12, 2017. (credit:Aaron Bernstein/Reuters)
Up In Arms(16 of88)
Open Image ModalHealth care activists protest to stop the Republican health care bill at Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on July 10, 2017. (credit:Yuri Gripas/Reuters)
Across A Table(17 of88)
Open Image ModalSpeaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) meets with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Capitol Hill on June 29, 2017. (credit:Joshua Roberts/Reuters)
Somber Day(18 of88)
Open Image ModalHouse Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaks about the recent attack on the Republican congressional baseball team during her weekly press conference on Capitol Hill on June 15, 2017. (credit:Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters)
Family Matters(19 of88)
Open Image ModalRep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), right, and his sons, Jack, 10, and Brad, arrive in the basement of the Capitol after a shooting at the Republican baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia, on June 14, 2017. (credit:Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)
A Bipartisan Pause(20 of88)
Open Image ModalRep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), right, coach of the Republican congressional baseball team, tells the story of the shooting that occurred during a baseball practice while he stands alongside Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Pa.), left, a coach of the Democratic congressional baseball team on June 14, 2017. (credit:Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
Hats On(21 of88)
Open Image ModalRep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) reacts about the shooting he was present for at a Republican congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia, as he speaks with reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on June 14, 2017. (credit:Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters)
Public Testimony(22 of88)
Open Image ModalU.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is sworn in to testify before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on June 13, 2017. (credit:Melina Mara/Pool/Reuters)
Comey's Big Day(23 of88)
Open Image ModalFormer FBI Director James Comey testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Russia's alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election on Capitol Hill on June 8, 2017. (credit:Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
Conveying His Point(24 of88)
Open Image ModalU.S. Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats testifies at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on his interactions with the Trump White House and on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act on June 7, 2017. (credit:Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
Selfie Time(25 of88)
Open Image ModalVice President Mike Pence takes a selfie with a tourist wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat inside the U.S. Capitol rotunda on June 6, 2017. The vice president walked through the rotunda after attending the Senate Republican policy luncheon. (credit:Mark WilsonGetty Images)
Budget Queries(26 of88)
Open Image ModalOffice of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testifies before the House Budget Committee about President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 budget proposal on Capitol Hill on May 24, 2017. (credit:Aaron Bernstein/Reuters)
Flagged Down By Reporters(27 of88)
Open Image ModalSen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, leaves a closed committee meeting on Capitol Hill on May 24, 2017. The committee is investigating possible Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election. (credit:Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Shock And Awe(28 of88)
Open Image ModalHouse Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) hold a news conference on the release of the president's fiscal 2018 budget proposal on Capitol Hill on May 23, 2017. (credit:Yuri Gripas/Reuters)
Seeing Double(29 of88)
Open Image ModalSen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) arrives in the Capitol for the Senate Democrats' policy lunch on May 16, 2017. (credit:Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)
Honoring Officers(30 of88)
Open Image ModalPresident Donald Trump speaks at the National Peace Officers Memorial Service on the West Lawn of the Capitol on May 15, 2017. (credit:Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
Whispers(31 of88)
Open Image ModalSenate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.), right, and ranking member Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) talk during a hearing with the heads of the U.S. intelligence agencies in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 11, 2017. (credit:Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Skeptical(32 of88)
Open Image ModalFormer acting Attorney General Sally Yates arrives to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election on Capitol Hill on May 8, 2017. (credit:Jim Bourg/Reuters)
Differing Opinions(33 of88)
Open Image ModalRep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) gives a thumbs-up to protesters on the East Front of the Capitol after the House passed the Republicans' bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act on May 4, 2017. The protesters support the ACA. (credit:Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)
Real Talk(34 of88)
Open Image ModalUnited States Naval Academy Midshipman 2nd Class Shiela Craine (left), a sexual assault survivor, testifies before the House Armed Services Committee's Subcommittee on Military Personnel with (2nd from left to right) Ariana Bullard, Stephanie Gross and Annie Kendzior in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 2, 2017. Kendzior, a former midshipman, and Gross, a former cadet, were both raped twice during their time at the military academies. The academy superintendents were called to testify following the release of a survey last month by the Pentagon that said 12.2 percent of academy women and 1.7 percent of academy men reported experiencing unwanted sexual contact during the 2015-16 academic year. (credit:Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
In Support Of Immigrants(35 of88)
Open Image ModalCongressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-N.M.), center, is joined by dozens of Democratic members of the House of Representatives to mark "Immigrant Rights Day" in the Capitol Visitor Center on May 1, 2017 in Washington, D.C. The Democratic legislators called on Republicans and President Donald Trump to join their push for comprehensive immigration reform. (credit:Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Senate Stroll(36 of88)
Open Image ModalSen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), left, walks with Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) to a closed-door meeting of the Senate Intelligence Committee at the Capitol, on April 27, 2017. The committee is investigating possible Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election. (credit:Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Kids At The Capitol(37 of88)
Open Image ModalHouse Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) poses with journalists' kids following his weekly news conference in the Capitol on April 27, 2017, Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. (credit:Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)
A Day Of Remembrance(38 of88)
Open Image ModalPresident Donald Trump, center, watches a memorial candle being lit at the Days of Remembrance ceremony, hosted by the U.S. Holocaust Museum, in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., on April 25, 2017. (credit:Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Capitol Cannabis(39 of88)
Open Image ModalPro-cannabis activists take part in a rally on Capitol Hill on April 24, 2017. (credit:Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
Singin' The Blues(40 of88)
Open Image ModalMusician John Popper at The Recording Academy's annual GRAMMYs on the Hill Advocacy Day, which brought more than 100 music creators from across the country to Washington, D.C., on April 6, 2017, to visit with lawmakers and discuss music issues. (credit:Leigh Vogel/WireImage for The Recording Academy via Getty Images)
Muppets On The Hill(41 of88)
Open Image ModalFrom left, actress Holly Robinson Peete, and Sesame Street character Abby Cadabby introduce the newest Sesame Street muppet, Julia, a muppet with autism, during a presentation in the Capitol Visitor Center on April 4, 2017. (credit:Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)
In The Pink(42 of88)
Open Image ModalSenate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) waves after speaking at a rally opposing attempts to defund Planned Parenthood March 29, 2017, on Capitol Hill. (credit:Zach Gibson/Getty Images)
Medal-Winning Handshake(43 of88)
Open Image ModalSenate Judiciary Committee ranking member Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), left, greets 1996 Olympic gold medalist Dominique Moceanu before she testifies to the committee about sexual, emotional and physical abuse by USA Gymnastics officials in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 28, 2017. The Senate is considering legislation titled Protecting Young Athletes From Sexual Abuse after learning that USA Gymnastics officials ignored reports of sexual abuse by adults working in the sport, including coaches and a prominent doctor, for almost 20 years. (credit:Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Speaking Up About Deportation(44 of88)
Open Image ModalSen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on March 28, 2017. The news conference, which included the National Council of La Raza, discussed children whose parents had been deported. (credit:Zach Gibson/Getty Images)
Speaking Up For Sesame Street(45 of88)
Open Image ModalPatricia de Stacy Harrison, president and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, testifies before a House subcommittee holding hearings on President Donald Trump's first budget on March 28, 2017. The 2018 budget calls for the elimination of federal funding for CPB, a private, nonprofit organization created by Congress whose annual appropriation is around $445 million. CPB in turn funds programming and distributes grants to public television and radio stations to help defray operational costs. (credit:Zach Gibson/Getty Images)
Well...(46 of88)
Open Image ModalHouse Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) holds a news conference after Republicans pulled the American Health Care Act bill to repeal and replace Obamacare before a scheduled vote on March 24, 2017. (credit:Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
That Was Fun(47 of88)
Open Image ModalHouse Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif), flanked by House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), far left, and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), second from left, laughs during a news conference with Democratic leaders on the Republicans' attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare on March 24, 2017. (credit:Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
Tractor Tie And All(48 of88)
Open Image ModalSonny Perdue, who was nominated to be secretary of agriculture, is sworn in at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Agriculture Committee on March 23, 2017. (credit:Aaron Bernstein/Reuters)
Supreme Confirmation Hearings(49 of88)
Open Image ModalU.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch testifies during a third day of his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on March 22, 2017. (credit:Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
Intelligence With A Smile(50 of88)
Open Image ModalFBI Director James Comey, left, and National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers smile during the House Intelligence Committee hearing into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election on March 17, 2017. (credit:Joshua Roberts/Reuters)
Surveillance Circles(51 of88)
Open Image ModalHouse intelligence committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) speaks to the media about President Donald Trump's allegation that his campaign was the target of surveillance on Capitol Hill on March 7, 2017. (credit:Aaron Bernstein/Reuters)
Introducing A New Health Care Plan(52 of88)
Open Image ModalHouse Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas), left, and House Energy and Commerce Chairman Greg Walden (R-Ore.) answer questions during a news conference on the newly announced American Health Care Act at the Capitol on March 7, 2017. (credit:Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Amazed(53 of88)
Open Image ModalSenate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer answers questions at the Capitol on March 2, 2017, during a press conference on reports of U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions meeting with the Russian ambassador during the 2016 presidential campaign. Schumer called for the resignation of Sessions and the establishment of a special prosecutor to investigate alleged contact between the campaign of President Donald Trump and members of the Russian government. (credit:Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Mugging(54 of88)
Open Image ModalPresident Donald Trump signs an autograph on his way out after delivering his first address to a joint session of Congress on Feb. 28, 2017, in the House chamber of the Capitol. (credit:Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool/Getty Images)
Women In White(55 of88)
Open Image ModalMembers of Congress react as President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on Feb. 28, 2017, in the House chamber of the Capitol. Many Democratic women in Congress wore white to the address in a sign of opposition against Trump administration attempts to rescind womens rights in areas including abortion, health care and equal pay. (credit:Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Handshakes All Around(56 of88)
Open Image ModalPresident Donald Trump shakes hands on his way out after delivering his first address to a joint session of Congress on Feb. 28, 2017, in the House chamber of the Capitol. (credit:Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool/Getty Images)
Making A Point(57 of88)
Open Image ModalFormer U.S. Sen. Dan Coats of Indiana prepares to testify during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Select Intelligence Committee to be the next director of national intelligence in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Feb. 28, 2017. (credit:Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Greetings(58 of88)
Open Image ModalHouse Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) shakes hands with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting on Capitol Hill on Feb. 15, 2017. (credit:Zach Gibson/AFP/Getty Images)
Papers In Order(59 of88)
Open Image ModalFederal Reserve Board Chairwoman Janet Yellen organizes her papers during a hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Feb. 14, 2017. (credit:Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
Trudeau Talks(60 of88)
Open Image ModalCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talks to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) during their meeting on Capitol Hill on Feb. 13, 2017. (credit:Yuri Gripas/Reuters)
In Protest Of Silence(61 of88)
Open Image ModalFrom left, Reps. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), Gwen Moore (D-Wis.), Carol Shea-Porter (D-N.H.), John Conyers (D-Mich.), Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) visit the statue of Martin Luther King Jr. in the Capitol rotunda on Feb. 8, 2017, before going to the Senate floor to protest the silencing of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). Warren read a 1986 letter written by Coretta Scott King against Jeff Sessions when he was up for a federal judgeship. Sessions is now up for attorney general and was confirmed later on Feb. 8. (credit:Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)
Fist-Bumping Judge(62 of88)
Open Image ModalSupreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch fist-bumps 4-year-old Charles Marshall III of Dover, Delaware, in the hallway as he arrives for a meeting with Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on Feb. 8, 2017. (credit:Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Saving The Secretary Vote(63 of88)
Open Image ModalVice President Mike Pence arrives at the Capitol to preside over the Senate and cast a tie-breaking vote on the confirmation of Betsy DeVos to be secretary of education on Feb. 7, 2017. (credit:Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)
Lincoln Logs Miles(64 of88)
Open Image ModalA visitor dressed as Abraham Lincoln walks on Capitol Hill on Feb. 2, 2017. (credit:Yuri Gripas/Reuters)
In The Spotlight(65 of88)
Open Image ModalSupreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, right, meets with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) at the Capitol on Feb. 2, 2017. (credit:Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Gold Star Moment(66 of88)
Open Image ModalGold Star father Khizr Khan, father of U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan who was killed in 2004 in Iraq, puts his hand to his heart as he takes part in a discussion panel on the Muslim and refugee ban in the Capitol on Feb. 2, 2017. (credit:Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
Boycotts(67 of88)
Open Image ModalThe seats for Democratic senators remain empty as a vote is held on the nomination of Scott Pruitt to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing Feb. 2, 2017, on Capitol Hill. (credit:Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
More Nominee Hearings(68 of88)
Open Image ModalDavid Shulkin, President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of Veterans Affairs, testifies during his confirmation hearing with the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on Feb. 1, 2017. Shulkin is the current undersecretary of health for the Department of Veterans Affairs. (credit:Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Supreme Meeting(69 of88)
Open Image ModalSupreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, right, meets with Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on Capitol Hill on Feb. 1, 2017. (credit:Zach Gibson/AFP/Getty Images)
All Smiles(70 of88)
Open Image ModalFormer Texas Gov. Rick Perry testifies before a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on his nomination to be energy secretary on Jan. 19, 2017. (credit:Carlos Barria/Reuters)
Former Competitors(71 of88)
Open Image ModalBen Carson, right, and Sen. Marco Rubio, left, shake hands after Rubio introduced Carson to testify before a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development on Jan. 12, 2017. (credit:Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
A New Ambassador(72 of88)
Open Image ModalFormer South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, center, arrives to testify before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on her nomination to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Jan. 18, 2017. (credit:Carlos Barria/Reuters)
Waiting For His Moment(73 of88)
Open Image ModalWilbur Ross, center, picked by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as his commerce secretary, sits with his wife, Hilary Geary Ross, as he waits to be introduced by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), far right, to testify at his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill on Jan. 18, 2017. (credit:Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Pruitt In The Hot Seat(74 of88)
Open Image ModalOklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency, testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on Capitol Hill on Jan. 18, 2017. (credit:Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)
Inaugural Porta-Thrones(75 of88)
Open Image ModalThe Capitol is seen on Jan. 17, 2017, behind Don's Johns rental porta-potties with their names taped over in preparation for the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. (credit:BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
An Educational Hearing(76 of88)
Open Image ModalAccompanied by Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and former Sen. Joe Lieberman, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, appears before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee for her confirmation hearing on Jan. 17, 2017. (credit:Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Facing What Comes(77 of88)
Open Image ModalRep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.), nominee for secretary of the Department of the Interior, is sworn in during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Jan. 17, 2017. (credit:Alex Wong/Getty Images)
A Colorful Protest(78 of88)
Open Image ModalDemonstrators protest against Donald Trump's pick for secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, outside the hearing room where Tillerson's confirmation hearing is being held on Jan. 11, 2017. (credit:Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
Let The Hearings Begin(79 of88)
Open Image ModalSen. Jeff Sessions gets sworn in to testify as the Senate Judiciary Committee holds the first hearing to examine whether they will confirm President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 10, 2017. (credit:Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
A British Visitor(80 of88)
Open Image ModalBritish Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, left, speaks at the start of a meeting with Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) on Capitol Hill on Jan. 9, 2017. (credit:Zach Gibson/AFP/Getty Images)
Not So Fast(81 of88)
Open Image ModalSpeaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) holds his weekly press conference in the Capitol on Jan. 5, 2017. (credit:Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)
Protecting Women(82 of88)
Open Image ModalPlanned Parenthood President Cecile Richards, right, is flanked by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and members of Congress while speaking about women's health issues during a news conference on Capitol Hill on Jan. 5, 2017. The news conference focused on issues facing women if the Affordable Care Act was repealed. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) (credit:Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Inaugural Prep(83 of88)
Open Image ModalSen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, holds a news conference in the Capitol on Jan. 5, 2017, to reveal tickets for the inauguration and deliver an overall update. (credit:Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)
Making The Rounds(84 of88)
Open Image ModalRex Tillerson, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state, meets with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) during a photo op in the Capitol on Jan. 4, 2017. (credit:Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)
Reflecting Confidence(85 of88)
Open Image ModalVice President-elect Mike Pence arrives for a news conference with Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and others after a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol on Jan. 4, 2017, in which they discussed a strategy to repeal the Affordable Care Act. (credit:Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)
In The Frame(86 of88)
Open Image ModalSen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), accompanied by his children, participates in a re-enacted swearing-in with Vice President Joe Biden in the Old Senate Chamber at the Capitol on Jan. 3, 2017. Earlier in the day Biden swore in the newly elected and returning members on the Senate floor. (credit:Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)
Let's Do This All Over Again(87 of88)
Open Image ModalHouse Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), right, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) stand at the microphone in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 3, 2017. Ryan was formally re-elected House speaker at the start of the 115th Congress. (credit:Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Rain, Rain, Go Away(88 of88)
Open Image ModalPeople arrive at St. Peter's on Capitol Hill for a service on Jan. 3, 2017, in Washington, D.C. Tuesday was the first day of the 115th Congress. (credit:Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)