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.
Top Words of the
Most used words in Congressional Record on March 12, 2010
List View
- 100% 222 health
- 100% 178 care
- 100% 104 algal
- 100% 104 research
- 100% 89 blooms
- 100% 88 hypoxia
- 100% 84 harmful
- 100% 75 insurance
- 100% 66 california
- 100% 57 texas
- 100% 56 country
- 100% 54 jobs
- 100% 53 americans
- 100% 53 friend
- 100% 52 percent
- 100% 50 nuclear
- 100% 50 pass
- 100% 50 reconciliation
- 100% 49 public
- 100% 47 florida
- 100% 44 nation
- 100% 42 control
- 100% 42 cost
- 100% 42 plan
- 100% 42 red
- 100% 41 address
- 100% 41 costs
- 100% 41 letter
- 100% 41 maine
- 100% 41 tide
Lawmakers
Heat Map of Vocal States
(last 60 days)
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10 Most Vocal Lawmakers
(last 60 days)
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- 100 40,984 Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX-18)
- 99 40,794 Steve King (R-IA-5)
- 98 40,481 Richard Durbin (D-IL)
- 82 33,779 Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
- 69 28,615 Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
- 69 28,309 Harry Reid (D-NV)
- 68 28,093 W. Akin (R-MO-2)
- 67 27,651 Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
- 63 26,072 Max Baucus (D-MT)
- 61 25,155 Ted Kaufman (D-DE)
10 Quietest Lawmakers
(last 60 days)
- 8 8 John Tierney (D-MA-6)
- 8 8 Jesse Jackson (D-IL-2)
- 13 13 Mary Fallin (R-OK-5)
- 14 14 Xavier Becerra (D-CA-31)
- 25 25 Edward Pastor (D-AZ-4)
- 31 31 Tom Price (R-GA-6)
- 43 43 Harry Teague (D-NM-2)
- 104 104 Timothy Johnson (R-IL-15)
- 106 106 Joseph Crowley (D-NY-7)
- 120 120 Brad Sherman (D-CA-27)