In Or Out In Congress? Gyrocopters, Tweets To Iran, Downton Abbey

By Amita Kelly / NPR

Published April 16, 2015 at 10:08 AM PDT

This story was published more than 9 years ago.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is greeted by members of Congress before speaking to a joint meeting in the House chamber.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Corker confers with ranking member Sen. Ben Cardin during a committee markup meeting on the proposed nuclear agreement with Iran.

Sen. Tom Cotton's tweet to Iran's President Rouhani.

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"We need to get committees working again. We need to recommit to a rational, functioning appropriations process," Sen. Mitch McConnell said on the first full day of the new Congress.

Reconciliation, like chutes in the popular game, can catapult legislation through the Senate with only 51 votes instead of 60.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi starts a news conference by donning dark glasses, a teasingly sympathetic gesture to Reid.

When Mitch McConnell became Senate majority leader, he promised he'd restore what he called regular order in that chamber. But Democrats have been accusing him of violating regular order ever since.

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio kisses Rep. Nancy Pelosi during the opening session of the 114th Congress.

Media members gather outside of the office of Rep. Aaron Schock after he announced his resignation from Congress on March 17.

Sen. Bob Menendez on Capitol Hill Tuesday.

An Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician check the gyrocopter that landed on the Capitol's South Lawn Wednesday.

The signatures of House Speaker John Boehner and Sen. Orrin Hatch on the Medicare Access CHIP Reauthorization Act 2015.

In Congress, just like at any storied American institution — McDonald's, New York Fashion Week, the Bush and Clinton families — trends come and go.

The 114th Congress is now 100 days old. And it can be difficult to keep up with the goings and comings of the body and its 535 members — the negotiations, visits from world leaders, the scandals and, oh yeah, the legislation.

So here's our look at what's in and what's out on Capitol Hill:

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