A clerk (foreground) tallies votes during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee business meeting to consider pending calendar business on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on August 6, 2026. A Republican-led US Senate panel on Thursday voted to hold the country's former top infectious disease official Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress, in an escalation of efforts to blame him for potential pandemic missteps. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)