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)
06/17/2016
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)
06/16/2016
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)
06/16/2016
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)
06/16/2016
Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) heads into a press conference in the Senate studio. (The Hill)
06/16/2015
Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), right, pulls aside Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) to chat. (The Hill)
06/12/2015
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)
06/12/2015
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.
06/11/2015
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)