WASHINGTON — Congress was in full swing on Tuesday with both the House and the Senate back in session after a short break.
The Senate Judiciary Committee came together in a rare show of bipartisanship to question representatives from Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation over its stronghold on the industry.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) quotes Taylor Swift during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on competition in the ticketing industry on Tuesday. (Brennan Leach/MNS)
Witnesses are sworn in during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on competition in the ticketing industry on Tuesday. (Brennan Leach/MNS)
Senate Democrats gathered outside the Capitol to affirm their support of abortion access and pledged to defend a woman’s right to choose in the coming year.
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) speaks to a crowd of abortion rights supporters about abortion access on Tuesday. (Brennan Leach/MNS)
Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) expressed support for abortion rights at a press conference in Washington on Tuesday. (Brennan Leach/MNS)
Senate Democratic and Republican leaders held routine press conferences following closed-door caucus lunches. Topics discussed included the debt ceiling, abortion access and the discovery of classified documents in former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana home.
Republican Minority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.) speaks to reporters after the Republican Caucus lunch on Tuesday. (Brennan Leach/MNS)
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks to reporters after a Democratic Caucus lunch on Tuesday. (Brennan Leach/MNS)
In the evening, House Republicans led by Reps. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) and Jim Banks (R-Ind.) held a press conference on border security.
Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) speaks at a press conference about President Joe Biden’s handling of the border crisis on Tuesday. (Brennan Leach/MNS)
Rep. Jake Ellzey (R-Texas) speaks at a press conference about President Biden’s handling of the border crisis on Tuesday. (Brennan Leach/MNS)
