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Photos of the week

The week ending Jan. 10 as captured by Roll Call’s photojournalists

Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., and her husband Jeffrey Sprecher wait for Vice President Mike Pence to arrive for her swear-in reenactment for the cameras in the Capitol on Monday. Loeffler was appointed by Gov. Kemp to fill retired Sen. Johnny Isakson's seat. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., and her husband Jeffrey Sprecher wait for Vice President Mike Pence to arrive for her swear-in reenactment for the cameras in the Capitol on Monday. Loeffler was appointed by Gov. Kemp to fill retired Sen. Johnny Isakson's seat. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
By Bill Clark
Posted January 10, 2020 at 5:11pm

We hope everyone got some rest over the holidays because Congress is back. The new session of Congress kicked off with a new senator, a little bit of snow and fears of a possible war with Iran.

UNITED STATES - JANUARY 6: A work crew vacuums the peak of Calder’s Mountains and Clouds intsallation in the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building on Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
A work crew vacuums the peak of Alexander Calder'’s "Mountains and Clouds" installation in the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building on Monday evening. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 7: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks back to his office after the Senate Republicans post-lunch press conference in the Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks back to his office after the Senate Republicans leadership weekly press conference in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 7: Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., takes a walk in the snow outside the Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. A brief snowstorm passed through Washington in the afternoon forcing the federal goverment to close early. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., covers up with a scarf as he takes a walk in the snow outside the Capitol on Tuesday. A brief snowstorm passed through Washington in the afternoon forcing the federal government to close early. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 8: Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., left, jokes around with Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, as Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., looks on, after a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol on Wednesday, January 8, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., left, jokes with Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, as Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., looks on, after a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 8: A photojournalist takes photos of the tv monitor in the Capitol’s Rayburn subway stop as President Donald Trump speaks about Iran on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
A photojournalist takes photos of the monitor in the Rayburn subway as President Donald Trump speaks about Iran on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 8: Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, stands in his Capitol Hill office watching President Donald Trump speak about Iran on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, stands in his Capitol Hill office watching President Donald Trump speak about Iran on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 8: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attempts to wait to speak at the microphones as Senate Foreign Relations ranking member Bob Menendez, D-N.J., (right) speaks to the cameras following a briefing for Senators on Iran on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. After waiting for Sen. Menendez to finish, Secretary Pompeo left the Capitol as the Senator kept speaking. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (upper left) waits to speak at the microphones as Senate Foreign Relations ranking member Bob Menendez, D-N.J., (right) speaks to the cameras following a briefing for senators on Iran on Wednesday. Pompeo left the Capitol as Menendez kept speaking. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 8: Secretary of Defense Mark Esper leaves the Capitol after a briefing with Senators on the latest developments on Iranian airstrikes in Iraq on Wednesday, January 8, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper leaves the Capitol after a briefing on Iran with senators on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 9: Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, checks his watch while waiting for Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., to wrap up a press conference in the Senate Radio/TV studio on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. Sen. Risch along with Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, were waiting to hold a press conference on USMCA. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, checks his watch while waiting for Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., to wrap up a press conference which was running late in the Senate Radio/TV studio on Thursday. Risch, with Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, was waiting to hold a press conference on USMCA. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 9: A protester dressed as President Donald Trump holds a sign which read “I can start a war if I want to” participates in the “No War With Iran” rally outside the U.S. Capitol as Congress prepares to vote on the war powers resolution on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
A protester dressed as President Donald Trump holds a sign which reads "“I can start a war if I want to"” participates in the “No War With Iran” rally outside the Capitol as Congress prepares to vote on the war powers resolution on Thursday evening. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 10: From left, Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., actor Martin Sheen, and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., talk at Jane Fonda’s weekly Fire Drill climate protest outside the Capitol on Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
From left, Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., actor Martin Sheen, and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., talk at Jane Fonda'’s weekly Fire Drill climate protest outside the Capitol on Friday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)