Jan. 3 , 2017 - Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker Paul Ryan performed their respective swearing-in reenactments at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 3, giving senators and congressmen a chance to go before the cameras with family members. Throughout the Senate ceremony in the Old Senate Chamber, the vice president once again took center stage, greeting senators, spouses and kids with hugs, kisses and slightly off-color remarks in his final ceremonial act.

Commerce Secretary nominee Wilbur Ross testifies before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C.
Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee Tom Price testifies before the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C.
Nikki Haley, the nominee for US ambassador to the United Nations, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during her confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C.
E. Scott Pruitt, the nominee for Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), testifies before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C.

District of Columbia Councilmember Mary M. Cheh speaks as demonstrators gathered for a Hands Off DC rally & protest outside the House Rayburn Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. on Monday, February 13, 2017. Hours later, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform chaired by Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) voted 22 to 14 to send a resolution to the House floor that would block the District of Columbia's Death with Dignity Act that would allow physician-assisted suicide.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen presented the Monetary Policy Report to the Senate Banking Committee, on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, February 14, 2017.

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted 22 to 14 to send a resolution to the House floor that would block the District of Columbia's Death with Dignity Act that would allow physician-assisted suicide, on Capitol Hill on Monday, February 13, 2017.

Rod J. Rosenstein, President Donald Trump's nominee for deputy attorney general, testified at his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. on Tuesday March 7, 2017. Democrats on the committee pressed Rosenstein on whether he would recuse himself from any Russia investigations or appoint a special prosecutor. The committee also heard from Trump's nominee for associate attorney general, Rachel Brand.

Members of the House Freedom Caucus voice objections to the newly released American Health Care Act to reporters in front of the Capitol in Washington D.C., on Tuesday, March 7, 2017.

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) (center) standing with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) (left) and Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Greg Walden (R-Ore.) during a press conference on the American Health Care Act, the Republican replacement for the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. on Tuesday March 7, 2017.

Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil M. Gorsuch presents his opening statement during the first day of his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. on Monday, March 20, 2017.

The Senate Intelligence Committee held its first public hearing on Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election on Capitol Hill on Thursday, March 30, 2017. The hearing, titled "Disinformation: A Primer in Russian Active Measures and Influence Campaigns," featured testimony from Clint Watts, a senior fellow at George Washington University's Center for Cyber and Homeland Security; Eugene Rumer, the director of the Russia and Eurasia program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Roy Godson, a professor of government at Georgetown University; former National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander; Kevin Mandia, the CEO of the cybersecurity firm FireEye; and Thomas Rid, a Professor at Kings College London's War Studies department.

FBI Director James Comey testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. on May 3, 2017. Comey defended his decision to alert Congress about reopening the Clinton email investigation, just over a week before last November's presidential election.

Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism on Monday, May 8 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. Yates testified for the first time about why she notified White House officials that President Donald Trump's newly named national security adviser, General Michael Flynn, could be compromised. Clapper talked about Russian attempts to meddle in the presidential election.

Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, CIA Director Mike Pompeo, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, National Security Agency Director Adm. Michael Rogers, Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart, and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Director Robert Cardillo testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. on Thursday May 11, 2017. McCabe recently replaced James Comey after he was fired by President Trump. The committee is investigating Russia's alleged meddling in the U.S. presidential election.

Mick Mulvaney, the budget director for the Trump Administration, testified before the House Budget Committee about President Donald Trump's budget proposal, on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. on Wednesday May 24, 2017.

Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly testified before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security at its hearing on President Donald Trump's fiscal year 2018 budget proposal, on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. on Thursday May 25, 2017.

Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin testified before the Senate Finance Committee at its hearing on President Donald Trump's fiscal year 2018 budget proposal, on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. on Thursday May 25, 2017. Mnuchin reiterated the need for tax reform to stimulate a return to the modern historic average of 3% annual growth in gross domestic product.

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) holds his weekly press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. on Thursday May 25, 2017. Ryan said that Republican House candidate Greg Gianforte should apologize after a reporter for the Guardian said Gianforte "body slammed" him. Gianforte was running in a special election to fill an open House seat in Montana. Asked if he will seat Gianforte if he wins the special election, Ryan said, "If he wins he's been chosen by the people of Montana. I'll let the people of Montana decide."

Protesters gathered outside the U.S. Supreme Court Building as the court heard arguments about partisan gerrymandering on Tuesday Oct. 3, 2017 in Washington D.C. Partisan gerrymandering is the practice of drawing legislative and congressional district lines to maximize and perpetuate the power of an incumbent political party.