Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) holds her weekly press conference as the House begins a series of votes on the Obama Administration’s request for fast-track authority to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact. A week earlier, Pelosi and a majority of Democrats were successful in blocking the trade bills, but Republicans pushed forward in their efforts to get legislation to President Obama’s desk. (The Hill)
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew arrives for a hearing before the House Financial Services Committee. Lew was scheduled to testify on the government’s policies on promoting stability in the financial sector. (The Hill)
Sidney Blumenthal, a long-time friend of Hillary Clinton, arrives to testify before the House Select Committee on Benghazi during a closed hearing. The committee questioned Blumenthal regarding his online correspondence with Secretary Clinton regarding the attacks on the American compound in Libya. (The Hill)
Sen. Mitch McConnell stands by as members of his leadership team speaking during the post-luncheon press conference. (The Hill)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) speaks with a reporter outside the Senate elevators before the weekly policy luncheon. (The Hill)
Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) heads into a press conference in the Senate studio. (The Hill)
Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), right, pulls aside Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) to chat. (The Hill)
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) departs the Capitol following a series of votes on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Democrats voted en masse to derail a bill providing assistance to workers hurt by free trade in order to defeat legislation granting the Obama Administration fast-track authority to negotiate the TPP trade agreement. (The Hill)
President Barack Obama departs from a closed-caucus meeting with House Democrats. The President pleaded with his party to support the legislation required to grant his administration fast-track authority to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement.
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) walks through the Senate Daily Press Gallery handing out pork sandwiches to journalists in order to highlight his effort to eliminate wasteful government spending and earmarks. (The Hill)
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