Photos of the week ending May 6, 2022

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams

Posted May 6, 2022 at 11:51am

The Supreme Court and the Senate took center stage this week while the House stayed home. CQ Roll Call photojournalists were there to capture the action, with the best photos of the week presented here.

Capitol Police officers give a tour of the Russell Senate Office Building to new contract security officers on Monday. The use of contract security officers began this week as part of a new program to help alleviate staffing shortages within the Capitol Police. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., center, Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., left, and other Senate Democrats address the media on Tuesday about the leaked draft opinion indicating that the Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, sprints to board the Senate subway in the Capitol as the doors close on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Chairman Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., enters the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing roomin the Dirksen building on Thursday for a hearing on the Department of Energy’s budget request for fiscal 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

An anti-abortion protester walks by riot fencing surrounding the Supreme Court on Thursday. The fence was erected overnight in anticipation of ongoing protests following the leaked draft opinion indicating that the court will overturn Roe v. Wade. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Riot fencing surrounds the Supreme Court in Washington on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Trump hits cultural issues in midterms pep talk to Turning Point crowd

McKinley listens during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on Oct. 12, 2017. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Former House member David McKinley dies at 79

A Cannon House Office Building exit door is seen in 2023.

Resign of the times — Congressional Hits and Misses

Republicans struggled with passing long-term extensions of FISA and the distraction of a Trump administration fight with the pope, but did swear in a new member. Rep. Clay Fuller, R-Ga., his wife Kate and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., pose at his ceremonial swearing-in on Tuesday.

A week of lots of noise, few results in Congress

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. arrives to testify at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing in the Longworth House Office Building on Thursday.

RFK Jr. distances himself from measles outbreak, bashes Tylenol study

Spectators are seen on North Capitol Street during the Rock 'n' Roll half marathon on March 21.

Heard on the Hill