--- title: Woman Walks Cat on Leash in Senate Building in Washington DC description: Today, in feline news from the Capitol, a woman was spotted walking a cat on a leash in the Russell Senate Office Building. canonical: https://time.com/4777271/cat-on-leash-senate-building/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-12T16:37:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:36.121Z og:title: A Woman Walked a Cat on a Leash in the Senate Building og:description: Casual og:url: https://time.com/4777271/cat-on-leash-senate-building/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84315705f5920792/6988cd1686f68e16d56e4ab0/cat-on-leash-senate-building.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US-FINANCE-BAILOUT-CAPITOL og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A Woman Walked a Cat on a Leash in the Senate Building twitter:description: Casual twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84315705f5920792/6988cd1686f68e16d56e4ab0/cat-on-leash-senate-building.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # A Woman Casually Walked a Cat on a Leash in the Senate Building  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 12, 2017 4:37 PM UTC  The dome of the Capitol is lit up October 1, 2008 as the Senate was set to vote on a 700-billion-dollar bailout package in Washington, DC. The US Senate on Wednesday approved a 700-billion-dollar Wall Street bailout package by a vote of 74-25 amid a widening global crisis sparked by the collapse of the US housing market. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) The dome of the Capitol is lit up October 1, 2008 as the Senate was set to vote on a 700-billion-dollar bailout package in Washington, DC. The US Senate on Wednesday approved a 700-billion-dollar Wall Street bailout package by a vote of 74-25 amid a widening global crisis sparked by the collapse of the US housing market. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)MANDEL NGAN—AFP/Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 12, 2017 4:37 PM UTC Today, in [animal news ](http://time.com/4771051/kitten-newborn-photo-shoot/)from the nation’s Capitol comes the highly intriguing sighting of a cat in a [Senate](http://time.com/4776559/james-comey-firing-rod-rosenstein-senators/) building. As relayed by CNN video producer Betsy Klein on Thursday, an unidentified woman was spotted walking a black cat with white paws through the halls of the Russell Senate Office Building. The cat was wearing a leash, but as Klein helpfully noted on Twitter, the cat also had a stroller because transportation options are important. While little is known about this mystery cat — such as whether they might belong to a Senator or the nature of their official business in the building — it’s safe to say that we’ll be on Capitol [cat watch](http://time.com/4677589/keeping-up-with-the-kattarshians/) for future sightings of this intrepid feline. > [](https://twitter.com/betsy%5Fklein/status/862781074795114496) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4777271/cat-on-leash-senate-building/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4777271/cat-on-leash-senate-building/"},"headline":"A Woman Casually Walked a Cat on a Leash in the Senate Building","datePublished":"2017-05-12T16:37:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:43:36.121Z","description":"Casual","url":"https://time.com/4777271/cat-on-leash-senate-building/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","viral","Bizarre"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84315705f5920792/6988cd1686f68e16d56e4ab0/cat-on-leash-senate-building.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84315705f5920792/6988cd1686f68e16d56e4ab0/cat-on-leash-senate-building.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-FINANCE-BAILOUT-CAPITOL","caption":"US-FINANCE-BAILOUT-CAPITOL","creditText":"MANDEL NGAN—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4777271/cat-on-leash-senate-building/","name":"A Woman Casually Walked a Cat on a Leash in the Senate Building"}}]}] ```