Photos of the Day: Snow Doesn’t Stop Capitol Hill This Time

By Gillian Roberts and Bill Clark

Posted March 21, 2018 at 10:36am

Congress is in during the snow storm that is expected to bring several inches of snow to D.C. (and much more in the outlying areas). Appropriators are negotiating a 12-bill omnibus to keep the government open past a Friday deadline.

As Washington awaits news of a government funding plan, some in the city have taken to the Capitol grounds for the ever-popular sledding on the West Front.

Here’s the snow day in photos:

Kids and adults sled down the hill on the west side of the Capitol during the snow storm in Washington on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

The Capitol is framed by snow covered branches on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Snow Day in Washington: Sledders, Cancelled Events and Waiting for the Omnibus

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A more-than-six-foot tall snowman stands on the west side of the Capitol. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

A tourist takes a selfie in front of the Capitol during the snow storm. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

UNITED STATES - MARCH 21: With only two entrances open to the Hart and Dirksen buildings, visitors wait in a long line in the snow to enter the Hart Senate Office Building Wednesday morning, March 21, 2018. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) — Visitors wait in a long line in the snow to enter the Hart Senate Office Building on Wednesday morning. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

With only two entrances open to the Hart and Dirksen office buildings on Capitol Hill, the business-as-usual mantra that Congress has adopted this snow storm was not so usual. People waited in a long line to enter the Hart building.