A feature or general news picture taken on Capitol Hill that depicts Congressional/Political 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. Pictures made at the Supreme Court should not appear in this category. Pictures of the current US President at the time the was photo taken on Capitol Hill must go in the Presidential category.
First Place

Bill Clark, Roll Call
Schumer: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., walks through the temporary walkway in the renovation area of the Ohio Clock Corridor on his way to the Senate Democrats’ weekly lunch in the Capitol on Tuesday, May 24, 2022.
Second Place

Rod Lamkey Jr., For Consolidated News Photos
The road to redemption: Stephen Ayres, left, who pled guilty to entering the Capitol illegally on January 6, talks with US Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, right, following day seven of the United States House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Officer Dunn was one of the many police officers injured during the January 6, 2021 insurrection of the US Capitol.
Third Place

Bill Clark, Roll Call
Pointers: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., poses with newly elected Democratic Senators Peter Welch, D-Vt., left, and John Fetterman, D-Pa., right, in Schumer’s office in the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, November 15, 2022.
Award of Excellence

Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in Washington: Retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is honored by U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh and Elena Kagan as well as U.S. Army Chief of Staff General James McConville and U.S. Marines Chief of Staff General David Berger applaud retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer during the State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress at the Capitol in Washington, U.S. March 1, 2022.
Award of Excellence

Bill Clark, Roll Call
Ketanji Brown Jackson Hearing: From left, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, shows off a document to Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., before Sen. Cruz’ questioning of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden’s nominee for Associate Justice to the Supreme Court, about her sentencing of child pornopgraphy cases during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Wednesday, March 23, 2022.
Award of Excellence

Melina Mara, The Washington Post
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi Stepping Back: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) attends the ceremony of the unveiling of her official portrait, along with husband Paul Pelosi, in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington DC Wednesday, December 14, 2022.
Award of Excellence

Bill Clark, Roll Call
Marty the Moose: Staffers from Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s office help unload Marty the Moose from a Hart Senate Office Building freight elevator in Washington on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. The moose was part of the New Hampshire State Society event “Experience New Hampshire” to showcase premier New Hampshire products Wednesday evening in the Kennedy Caucus Room.