A feature or general news picture taken on Capitol Hill that depicts Congressional activity from, but not limited to, press conferences, hearings, rallies and behind-the-scenes situations. Photo should capture a unique or compelling moment, or the essence of the situation, even if taken during a photo-op.

[still_single place=”first” name=”Marty LaVor” affiliation=”Independent” title=”Tireless” caption=”Congressman McCarthy is the Majority Leader in the House of Representative. He gets up before 7AM and works out in the House gym or some other outside sporting activity. At the end of the day, after most members and staff have gone home, the lights in his Capitol office are still on where he is usually working. He sleeps on a couch in his Rayburn office and often receives calls late into the night. Here he is still on the phone at 10:40 P.M.” photo_address=”https://whnpa-web-static-content.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/01cap_mlvjj_tireless_9.jpg” released=”fair_use”] [still_single place=”second” name=”Bill Clark” affiliation=”Roll Call” title=”Pack Your Bags” caption=”Incoming Senate Majority Leader McConnell’s spokesman Don Stewart, left, speaks with outgoing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., as Reid leaves the Capitol for a meeting at the White House with Congressional leaders, three days after the GOP election victory.” photo_address=”https://whnpa-web-static-content.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/02cap_wvcqq_08reid.jpg” released=”fair_use”] [still_single place=”third” name=”Jim Lo Scalzo” affiliation=”European Pressphoto Agency” title=”Senators Confront Climate Change” caption=”The dome of the Capitol is seen behind the Capitol Power Plant, the only coal-burning plant in the nation’s capitol, in Washington, DC, 10 March 2014. Later in the day, 26 Senators spoke through the night on confronting climate change.” photo_address=”https://whnpa-web-static-content.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/03cap_jjlii_04carbon.jpg” released=”fair_use”] [still_single place=”excellence” name=”Gabriella Demczuk” affiliation=”The New York Times” caption=”Secretary of State John Kerry testifies at the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on the International Affairs Budget for fiscal year 2015 and the growing tension between Russia and Ukraine on Tue., April 8, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. ” photo_address=”https://whnpa-web-static-content.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/AEcap_gmdjj_03kerry.jpg” released=”fair_use”] [still_single place=”excellence” name=”Larry Downing” affiliation=”Reuters” title=”The Great Divide” caption=”U.S. Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn (L), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (2nd L) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (R) stay on their side of the aisle at the front of the House chamber before President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union Address on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 28, 2014. ” photo_address=”https://whnpa-web-static-content.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/AEcap_lsdpp_03stares.jpg” released=”fair_use”] [still_single place=”excellence” name=”Marty LaVor” affiliation=”Independent” title=”Listening But Not Convinced” caption=” Representatives Adam Kinzinger, Tim Griffin, Ander Crenshaw and Luke Messier focus during a Whip Meeting but remain unconvinced.” photo_address=”https://whnpa-web-static-content.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/AEcap_mlvjj_convinced_7.jpg” released=”fair_use”] [still_single place=”excellence” name=”Tom Williams” affiliation=”Roll Call” title=”Don Young” caption=”Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, confronts an aide who tried to stop him from entering the side door of a House Republican meeting in the Capitol, July 31, 2014. Members are not supposed to use the side door when a meeting is in progress. Young was eventually allowed to pass. ” photo_address=”https://whnpa-web-static-content.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/AEcap_tlwqq_12young.jpg” released=”fair_use”]