What is this site about?

For every day Congress is in session, we "visualize" what lawmakers say by calculating their word frequency, giving you an at-a-glance view of which issues they address over time.

List View

  1. 100% 222 health
  2. 100% 178 care
  3. 100% 104 algal
  4. 100% 104 research
  5. 100% 89 blooms
  6. 100% 88 hypoxia
  7. 100% 84 harmful
  8. 100% 75 insurance
  9. 100% 66 california
  10. 100% 57 texas
  11. 100% 56 country
  12. 100% 54 jobs
  13. 100% 53 americans
  14. 100% 53 friend
  15. 100% 52 percent
  16. 100% 50 nuclear
  17. 100% 50 pass
  18. 100% 50 reconciliation
  19. 100% 49 public
  20. 100% 47 florida
  21. 100% 44 nation
  22. 100% 42 control
  23. 100% 42 cost
  24. 100% 42 plan
  25. 100% 42 red
  26. 100% 41 address
  27. 100% 41 costs
  28. 100% 41 letter
  29. 100% 41 maine
  30. 100% 41 tide

Lawmakers

Heat Map of Vocal States

(last 60 days)
Click on a state below for more information.

10 Most Vocal Lawmakers

(last 60 days)
Click on a Lawmaker below for more information.
  1. 100 40,984 Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX-18)
  2. 99 40,794 Steve King (R-IA-5)
  3. 98 40,481 Richard Durbin (D-IL)
  4. 82 33,779 Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
  5. 69 28,615 Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
  6. 69 28,309 Harry Reid (D-NV)
  7. 68 28,093 W. Akin (R-MO-2)
  8. 67 27,651 Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
  9. 63 26,072 Max Baucus (D-MT)
  10. 61 25,155 Ted Kaufman (D-DE)